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NYC Housing Subsidies

Overview

Summary

NYC housing subsidies are available to low-income households in specific circumstances. The subsidies described below are administered by the NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA) through the Benefits Access Center (BAC) (formerly known as Job Centers), except for the Foster Care Housing Subsidy, which is administered through NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS).

The common NYC housing subsidies include:

  • The Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement (FHEPS) is a rent supplement program for families in NYC with minor dependent children in receipt of Cash Assistance (CA) who have been evicted or are facing eviction, or who lost their housing due to a domestic violence situation, or who have lost their housing because of health or safety issues;

  • CityFHEPS (City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement) is a rent subsidy for singles and childless couples, as well as for families with children who are not eligible for State FHEPS, who are residing in a shelter or are at risk of entry into shelter, and who have incomes less than 200% of the federal poverty level;

  • Pathway Home provides up to 12 months of rent payments when families or individuals move out of a homeless shelter and move in with friends or family members;

  • Special One Time Assistance (SOTA) Program provides one year’s rent for residents in the shelter system to move within NYC, to other NYS counties, or outside of NYS;

  • HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA) enhanced shelter allowance for individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS wherein Cash Assistance (CA) will pay a shelter allowance higher than the CA shelter maximum, and

  • The foster care housing subsidy assists households to reunite children in foster care with their families where lack of adequate housing is the main reason they are separated; it also prevents children from entering foster care by providing a monthly rent allowance.

  • Enhanced One-Shot Deal provides four months of rent, as well as additional fees to households who have been in the shelter for at least 60 days;

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