New York, NY +Section 8 Voucher List to Open in First Time in 12 Years+

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    New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg and NYCHA Chairman Tino Hernandez announced the availability of 22,000 new Section 8 housing vouchers for very low-income families seeking affordable housing in New York City.
    NYCHA’s Section 8 voucher waiting list will reopen for the first time in 12 years. Individuals and families who secure Section 8 vouchers can seek housing in a neighborhood of their choice from any private landlord who accepts the vouchers.

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    “Our efforts to expand access to affordable housing have taken a step forward today,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “In addition to the 165,000 units of affordable housing we have committed to building or preserving by 2013, we are able to distribute these 22,000 new section 8 vouchers to families struggling to make ends meet.”
    “NYCHA is pleased to be able to offer New York City residents the chance to apply for Section 8 housing,” said NYCHA Chairman Tino Hernandez. “For the first time in more than a decade we will be able to offer vouchers to people from the general community, mainly due to Mayor Bloomberg’s leadership on the issue of affordable housing and the support of Congress.”


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    Anon on February 1, 2007 at 11:26 AM:
    I totally agree with you concerning Lakewood. But this article was about NY, NY. If it was about Lakewood I would have made the same comment, but would have had more hypocrisy to point out.

    And it’s “MISS” Lakewood, Mr. Anon.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    TO MR. Lakewood

    Dont think you people over there dont do the same thing. supposedly you all sitting and learning when you look in the yeshivah driveway you have all these fancy latest model cars. and the women that come drop the men off to yeshivah only know how to dress like shikses. and have goites at home. so I would step back a second and rethink who to bash.
    as far as tution goes its sad that in todays day and age people can spend all the money an kol min oilem haze but when it comes to paying tution they cry poverty. and dont think the yeshivas are any better they think you must and its a mitzvah to charge an arm and a leg and if sadly a inocent parent cant afford it nebech they let it out on the children and dont let them come to school.
    and this has nothing to do with section 8

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    You all cry how poor you are and at the same time brag about how rich you are, as applicable to the situation. On one hand it’s about trying to afford sending 10 children to private school, and boo hoo hoo, how expensive rent is and all. Then I read these comments on this blogsite how Jewish women buy the most expensive wigs, and how you all hire goys to clean your homes and take our your garbage, etc. I guess you need to cry poverty to get the hand outs so you can afford private school, only the best quality wigs, and cleaning ladies.
    I’m awake and smelling the coffee. I’ve seen the Audis and food stamps.

    Annon in Lakewood

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    and for the guy in the audi just go into the grocery stores and see how much people owe. loi alaini we living in a society that midarf huben yede mishigas fancy cars fancy houses fancy clothing all it does is it creates anti simatzim. and to think that BP is low income hows it posable so many people on section 8 and show me how many old houses in bp how many old cars in bp poeple its time to wake up and smell the coffee

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    I agree rent prices are high cause of section 8 and we yiddelech have a klall li oilem tikech nuch dem kik ich. so if its free they take it and cause those hard working people grief. imagine if there would be no section 8. 95% of people paying rent in BP & Will wouldnt be able to afford those nasty rents of 2500-3500 dollars so the prices would have to drop and not every kollel yungerman would buy a house on his shvigers name cause he doesnt have section 8 to pay for the mortgage. and one more thing. why does everyone think they must buy a house. cause they think section 8 will pay for it. ad kan umrim bshabbos hagudol

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    Rent prices are high bc cost to purchase homes is high… And there isn’t enough section 8 vouchers bc half of you steal from the govt. MOst of you work (off th books), and get food stamps, section 8, etc, all while the wives are parading around boro park in fancy dresses and the men driving fancy cars.

    And before you start bashing this.. look around in the grocery stores and see who pays with food stamps. Not those in old cars, but those in audi’s. Who’s stealing from who?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    Please go to http://www.nyc.gov/nycha and go to get application and it gives you a list of all places, so you don’t have to run here in williamsburg and wait in line.

    bitachon
    bitachon
    17 years ago

    Shloma please update us with locations where the applications can be picked up, as far as my info goes they have to be picked up individualy by the applicant and taht theyre giving out in the project buildings as well NYCHA buildings, if someone could please put up the addresses of all locations would be a big toeles hatzibur. Tizku Lemitzves Shloma!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    yes I agree with the rents so high because of section 8. Why not ask for high rent if you can get it through the section 8 tenants but what happens to the rest of us that dont have that kind of help!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    NYCHA is also currently undertaking a comprehensive effort to identify and find people who signed up for Section 8 housing vouchers as long ago as 1993, but who are no longer reachable at the address or telephone numbers given when they joined the list. Any of these households identified and who remain eligible will be given priority for these new vouchers. New Yorkers who believe they were on this list should contact NYCHA’s Application Offices through 311.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    What are the income limits for the Section 8 Housing Assistance Program?

    Section 8 income limits are based on family size. Your family may be eligble for Section 8 assistance if your family gross income is not more than the following amounts:

    Person(s) in Family
    Income Limit

    1
    $24,800

    2
    $28,350

    3
    $31,900

    4
    $35,450

    5
    $38,300

    6
    $41,100

    7
    $43,950

    8
    $46,800

    9
    $49,950

    10
    $52,450

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    Is NYCHA still accepting Section 8 Applications?

    Yes. NYCHA accepts Section 8 applications received from emergency applicants in the categories listed below. However, for a 90 day period from February 12, to May 14, 2007, NYCHA will accept Section 8 applications from non-emergency applicants. After May 14, 2007, and until further notice, NYCHA will ONLY accept Section 8 applications from emergency applicants in the following three categories:

    Victims of Domestic Violence
    Intimidated Witnesses
    Referrals from NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS)

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    Where can I obtain an application for Section 8?

    Section 8 applications can be obtained from any one of NYCHA’s five Borough Applications Offices listed below. Applications are also available at NYCHA Management Offices. Lastly, potential applicants can sign up on our website, for a limited period of time, to receive an application by mail.

    NYCHA Borough Applications Offices:
    Brooklyn: 350 Livingston Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217
    (718) 250-5900

    Bronx: 1 Fordham Plaza, 5th Floor, Bronx, NY 10458
    (718) 329-7859

    Manhattan: 55 West 125th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10027
    (212) 828-7100

    Queens: 59-17 Junction Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Corona, NY 11368
    (212) 828-7100

    Staten Island: 120 Stuyvesant Place, 2nd Floor, Staten Island, NY 10301
    (718) 448-7326

    house maven
    house maven
    17 years ago

    total nonsense. real estate is so high because demand is much greater than supply. as simple as that.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    if there wont be section 8 maybe the realestate prices will drop then everyone can afford to buy a house . every one asking high rent only cause most poeple have section 8 so why not ask for more rent. did you ever stop and think who are you hurting , you are hurting yourselfs. you ask high rent cause the tenant has section 8 then your kid has to go rent an apartment and he has no section 8 so you hurting yourself.

    money hungry
    money hungry
    17 years ago

    Welcome back it’s about time, thanx for the scoop Shloima!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    The problem is that most families in our community are not very low income but are middle income. It is only after subtracting yeshiva tuition and high rent that a middle income family becomes low income and the government does not recognize that.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    any idea where to pick up those applications?

    Yatzmach
    Yatzmach
    17 years ago

    hurray Shloma for breaking such major news to our community.

    your the best

    Harry
    Harry
    17 years ago

    can anyone in the field thats professional help out others and tell us how it will work 22000 slots for over 100,000 applications from the past 10 years will it be a random drewing or will it be as first come first served ?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    H U R R A Y ! ! !