A new rental assistance program launching this week will help some low income households afford rent. But its reach is far smaller than advocates hoped, and isn’t keeping up with the need, they say.

The Mamdani administration has until later this month to issue a new proposal or request an extension to continue negotiations over what to do with a rental assistance program he is legally obligated ...

As New York City grapples with the ongoing housing crisis, CityFHEPS, a city-funded voucher program for low-income households, has played an increasingly prominent role in securing housing for some of ...

The New York City Council says the cap is finally real. Local Law 176 is now in effect, locking CityFHEPS tenants’ share of the rent at no more than 30 percent of their household income and blocking a ...

In response to an overrun shelter system and affordable housing shortage, the city recently announced it is expanding the CityFHEPS housing subsidy program statewide. “The federal government used to ...

The Legal Aid Society is gearing up to file a lawsuit in coming weeks seeking to force City Hall to implement a legislative package that would expand access to a rental voucher program that helps ...

CityFHEPS launched in 2019, and it’s the largest city rental program that provides vouchers and housing for low-income families and individuals in New York City. Recently, it got a reboot. Claire ...

Housing has always been at the heart of the American dream. But the current lack of affordable housing and failure of political will to build the housing we need is placing that dream out of reach for ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Runaway costs and a lack of accountability should lead to reforms of a New York City housing program meant to prevent homelessness, New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said Friday.