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NYCHA to move Emergency Housing Voucher holders into Section 8; pauses voucher issuance to wait list
Summary
NYCHA told the New York City Council it will transition EHV participants into the federal Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program after HUD ended dedicated EHV funding, temporarily pausing new voucher issuances from the wait list to prioritize the transition and preserve assistance for existing holders.
Council Member Chris Banks convened the New York City Council Committee on Public Housing for an oversight hearing on the administration of Section 8 and the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program.
NYCHA told the committee it will begin transferring all EHV participants into the agency’s regular Housing Choice Voucher (HCV or Section 8) program after HUD announced the EHV funding stream will end. “NYCHA will begin transferring all of our EHV participants to the HCV program because we want to support at risk families and keep them stably housed,” NYCHA Executive Vice President of Leased Housing Lakisha Miller said. Miller said EHV participants’ rental subsidies and program rules would not be reduced and that the move will…
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