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Public development corporation responsible for New York City's public and leased housing
The central fact: tenants currently on Section 8 vouchers face two distinct, plausible risks in 2025 — policy-driven cuts or time limits proposed by the federal administration that could terminate ass...
Local housing authorities (PHAs) are following HUD’s June 2025 playbook to move Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households into ongoing programs—chiefly the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program and, i...
The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program’s federal funding was reallocated as a final drawdown in spring 2025 and HUD estimates remaining funds will be exhausted sometime in 2026, placing roughly 5...
New York City’s most commonly documented forms of corruption in recent years center on that receive city funds. Federal takedowns, indictments of high-profile officials, and city audits collectively s...
The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program is , which sets policy, issues regulations, provides funding, and conducts compliance monitoring; HUD’s central role is reiterated across multiple 2024–202...
The New York City mayor wields substantial agenda-setting, budgetary and administrative power to shape housing and social programs, but cannot unilaterally legally freeze rents across regulated and ma...
During both the 2013 (16-day) and 2018–19 (35-day/43-day iterations in reporting) federal shutdown episodes, HUD and local housing authorities sought to continue Section 8/Housing Choice Voucher payme...
Public housing authorities (PHAs) facing delayed Section 8/Housing Choice Voucher funding typically continue tenant payments when possible, absorb shortfalls temporarily, delay or reduce landlord disb...
HUD implemented multiple regulatory changes affecting voucher terminations during 2024–2025, including streamlining HCV and PBV rules, updated HUD‑VASH termination guidance, and operational adjustment...