Nyc Housing Authority Section 8

Nycha is offering new opportunities for section 8 landlords through the new housing choice voucher owners incentive program.

Nyc housing authority section 8. For more on the section 8 housing choice voucher program visit the housing choice voucher section of our low income housing renter s guide. The new york city housing preservation development and new york state homes and community renewal also operate section 8 programs in new york city. Nycha pays the remaining amount to the owner on the family s behalf.

Please visit their websites for more information. Approximately 85 000 section 8 vouchers and over 25 000 owners currently participate in the program. Generally families pay no more than 40 percent of their monthly income toward their rent share.

The section 8 housing choice voucher hcv program enables the lowest income households in new york state to rent or purchase decent safe housing in the private housing market by providing rental and homeownership assistance. Effective june 21 2020 nycha will resume accepting owner requests for eviction certifications exclusively for holdover actions. There are 192 housing authorities in new york which offer the section 8 housing choice voucher program.

Since 1970 the nycha journal has informed and inspired the new york city housing authority community about 600 000 public housing and section 8 residents and 10 000 employees with stories and information about new programs resident accomplishments upcoming events and career helath and educational opportunitites. Section 8 housing programs section 8 housing choice voucher hcv program hcr s section 8 housing choice voucher hcv program enables the lowest income households in new york state to rent or purchase decent safe housing in the private housing market by providing rental and homeownership assistance. Section 8 helps low and moderate income families rent homes.