CityFHEPS Vouchers: Council Push to Expand Vouchers Defeats Mayor

Effort to Expand Housing Vouchers Wins: "Mayor Eric Adams’s administration must put into effect several laws to significantly expand New York City’s housing voucher program, a state appeals court ruled on Thursday, dealing a loss to Mr. Adams, who had opposed the measures over their potential cost," reported the New York Times. 

"The city spent more than $1 billion last year on the vouchers, which help tens of thousands of low-income New Yorkers pay rent and stay out of shelters. Through the program, tenants put about 30 percent of their income toward rent and the city covers the rest."

The Speaker Adams and the City Council overrode Mayor Adams' veto to do the following:

• Remove the requirement that people spend time in shelters to be eligible for vouchers.
• Make people eligible for vouchers if they have received written demands from their landlords for rent owed.
• Raise the income level for voucher eligibility in the first place.