"Affordable" Housing Part 3 Hear Our Voices

In the last part of this series, we talk with NYC mom Tiffany about the conditions of shelter, what needs to change, and housing vouchers. Tiffany also shares how working in shelters in the past informed her experience living in shelter.



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RESOURCES

⁠⁠⁠⁠NYC311⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠https://portal.311.nyc.gov/  ⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DHS' Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH) intake center ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- apply for shelter  

⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/dhs/shelter/families/families-with-children-applying.page ⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brochure⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dhs/downloads/pdf/path-brochure.pdf ⁠ 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HRA Guide for Housing Instability⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hra/downloads/pdf/BK-9-SOI-NewGuideForRenters.pdf⁠     



⁠⁠Unlock NYC⁠⁠ 

⁠⁠https://weunlock.nyc/⁠⁠  

Works with New Yorkers impacted by housing discrimination to build technology that makes it easy to identify, record, and report unfair treatment.

Start a report - ⁠⁠https://weunlock.nyc/start/⁠⁠ 



⁠About Source of Income Discrimination⁠

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⁠FAQ for Source of Income Discrimination⁠⁠

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/materials/FairHouse_FAQs-Tenant-English.pdf  ⁠

⁠FAQ for Source of Income Discrimination⁠

⁠https://www.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/materials/SourceOfIncomeFactSheet_SP.pdf⁠

If you experience source of income discrimination, you can report it to the NYC Commission on Human Rights by dialing 311 and asking for "Human Rights," call 212-416-0197, or use the ⁠Report Discrimination form⁠.

⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/cchr/about/report-discrimination.page⁠



Education

⁠⁠Advocates for Children⁠⁠

⁠⁠https://www.advocatesforchildren.org/⁠⁠  

Contact info shelter-based STH Family Assistants and school-based STH Community Coordinators:  ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/STHStaff⁠⁠  

Help requesting a shelter transfer to be closer to your child’s school: email Jennifer Pringle at jpringle@advocatesforchildren.org

Education specialist helpline, Monday - Thursday 10am-4pm

866-427-6033 or send a message: ⁠⁠https://www.advocatesforchildren.org/get_help/helpline/send_us_a_message⁠⁠  



Housing Vouchers

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Section 8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/section-8/about-section-8.page⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CityFHEPS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/cityfheps.page⁠  

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FHEPS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/fheps.page⁠   

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Special One-Time Assistance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (SOTA)

⁠https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/sota.page⁠  



Check out other resources: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/40pB4p8