🏙️⏳ In NYC, renters using housing vouchers can wait months for approvals while apartments rent in days. The result? Many lose homes they were ready to lease. An op-ed argues the system meant to help renters needs reform.
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#NYCHousing #Section8 #CityFHEPS #HousingPolicy #AffordableHousing
Provide more housing assistance to more people, through #CityFHEPS, #FHEPS, #Section8, and #HUDVASH but don't mess with the #RightToShelter, or you'll have another #SkidRow in NYC.
I see you already have a #Housing hashtag, but I'd suggest you reserve it for articles on harms vs. the housed (eg. tenant harassment & illegal evictions), and create a #Homelessness tag for articles about the homeless, and perhaps tenants w/ #Section8 & #CityFHEPS vouchers.
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It appears that she's been in the #NYCDHS shelter system for more than 2 years. @johnannese.bsky.social - does DHS #AdministratorCarter and DSS #CommissionerPark have anything to say about that? Why didn't she get a #CityFHEPS apartment in all that time?
While the long and onerous journey to housing with #CityFHEPS vouchers (get one, find a willing landlord, get paperwork, get an inspection and approval - all hard) has been described elsewhere, here's a post on the #HarmsOfHomelessShelters.
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Final post about the different housing vouchers in NYC. Housing discrimination against voucher-holders is pervasive. If you think you have experienced discrimination, contact us and visit the Link Tree in our bio for resources. #NYCApartment #housing #newyork #nycha #CityFHEPS #voucher #subsidy
Swipe to learn about the different NYC housing vouchers! Housing discrimination against voucher-holders is pervasive. If you think you have experienced discrimination, contact us and visit the Link Tree in our bio for resources. #NYCApartment #housing #newyork #nycha #CityFHEPS #voucher #subsidy
What You Need to Know If You’re Struggling to Pay Rent in NYC City Limits combed through city government and non-profit documents and spoke to experts to get their take on what renters can do if ...
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What You Need to Know If You’re Struggling to Pay Rent in NYC City Limits combed through city government and non-profit documents and spoke to experts to get their take on what renters can do if ...
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‘Hear Our Voices’ Podcast: The Ideal Housing Voucher Housing vouchers, which typically cover a portion of a participant's'rent, are a key tool to fighting homelessness in an increasingl...
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CityFHEPS Voucher Holders & Legal Aid Sue to Preserve Landlord Incentive After the city suddenly cancelled an incentive for landlords to hold units for families with vouchers—covering one mon...
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CityFHEPS Voucher Holders & Legal Aid Sue to Preserve Landlord Incentive After the city suddenly cancelled an incentive for landlords to hold units for families with vouchers—covering one mon...
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The Adams administration has proposed increasing the rent contribution required of some #CityFHEPS voucher holders from 30% to 40% of their income.
This change could worsen financial hardship for nearly 30,000 low-income households.
Read our testimony cssny.org/news/entry/t...
📣 Join us this Friday to rally against a #CityFHEPS rent increase!
📅Friday, May 30
🕘10:30am
📍Steps of City Hall
The Adams administration is proposing to ⬆️ the income contribution from 30% to 40% for some CityFHEPS recipients. Let's fight this threat to #housing stability.
‘I Was Ghosted, Degraded’: Bills Seek to Combat Discrimination Against Rental Vouchers Legisl...
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‘I Was Ghosted, Degraded’: Bills Seek to Combat Discrimination Against Rental Vouchers Legisl...
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‘I Was Ghosted, Degraded’: Bills Seek to Combat Discrimination Against Rental Vouchers Legisl...
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#Government #Housing #and #Homelessness […]
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