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This is a list of buildings held by the New York City Housing Authority, a public corporation that provides affordable housing in New York City, U.S. This list is divided geographically by the five boroughs of New York City: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.
NYCHA is a public-benefit corporation, controlled by the Mayor of New York City, and organized under the State's Public Housing Law. [6] [11] The NYCHA ("NYCHA Board") consists of seven members, of which the chairman is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Mayor of New York City, while the others are appointed for three-year terms by the mayor. [12]
The main Section 8 program involves the voucher program. A voucher may be either "project-based"—where its use is limited to a specific apartment complex (public housing agencies (PHAs) may reserve up to 20% of its vouchers as such [11])—or "tenant-based", where the tenant is free to choose a unit in the private sector, is not limited to specific complexes, and may reside anywhere in the ...
Housing in New York takes a variety of forms, from single-family homes to apartment complexes. New York had a homeownership rate of 50.7% in 2017. [ 1 ] Issues related to housing in New York include homeownership , affordable housing , housing insecurity , zoning , and homelessness .
[4] [7] The Chelsea Houses were aided by the state for $8.3 million. [6] In 2012, NYCHA converted a parking lot in the development into a 168 unit building for low-to-middle-income households. [8] Development firms Related Companies and Essence Development proposed rebuilding the Elliott-Chelsea Houses and the nearby Fulton Houses in early 2023 ...
The Harlem River Houses is a New York City Housing Authority public housing complex between 151st Street, 153rd Street, Macombs Place, and the Harlem River Drive in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
With no other options available, New York City applied for federal funds under the Section 8 program to re-purpose the project as deeply subsidized housing for poor and moderate-income families. Under Section 8, tenants would pay no more than 30% of their income for rent.
The Robert Fulton Houses is a housing project located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, owned and operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). The 6.27-acre (2.54 ha) site is located between West 16th and 19th Streets and bounded by Ninth and Tenth Avenues. The project consists of 945 apartments in eleven ...