Where We Live NYC is the city’s fair housing plan, first released in 2020, which lays out strategies to expand housing choice, combat segregation, and improve access to opportunity. Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is now updating the plan, to be released the fall of 2025.
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Where we live matters: help shape NYC’s fair housing future! In 2025, the City is updating Where We Live NYC, a plan to fight housing discrimination, confront segregation, and advance opportunity for all. Your input is needed! This spring, join New Yorkers from across the city at public workshops–in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and online–to
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The Office of Civil Justice will hold its seventh annual public hearing on New York City’s Universal Access to Legal Services program, a key initiative that supports tenants facing eviction. Since its establishment under Local Law 136 of 2017, the Universal Access program has made New York the first U.S. city to guarantee legal support
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The City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises will hold the following meetings: Public Meeting📅 October 21, 2024🕥 10:30 am📍 City Hall Chambers The October 21st meeting will feature a presentation on the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal by the NYC Department of City Planning. Council Members will have the opportunity to ask
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The City Planning Commission (CPC) will vote on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity today. This public meeting will be available on the CPC’s YouTube channel and starts at 11am. The Commission will hear a brief presentation on the proposal and recommended modifications, followed by a vote. If the CPC votes to approve the proposal,
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NYC Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is bringing the City’s fair housing plan, Where We Live NYC, to neighborhood libraries across all five boroughs this summer of 2024. Throughout August and September, branches of the Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, and Queens Public Library will host sessions where residents can learn about their
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The NYC City Planning Commission (CPC) will host a public hearing on the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposed zoning text amendment on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at 10 AM. How to Participate: All details for participating in person, remotely (via computer/tablet or phone), or watching on YouTube are available here. This hearing gives
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The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has reopened the waitlist for its Housing Choice Voucher (also known as Section 8) Program from Monday, June 3, 2024, at 12:00 AM through Sunday, June 9, 2024, at 11:59 PM. To apply, visit on.nyc.gov/section8-application. Paper applications will only be available as a reasonable accommodation. Prospective applicants can
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