Housing Applications
The amount paid by a prospective tenant to cover the cost of tenant screening reports, which is capped at $20 in NYC.
What is the application fee?
The agency charged with overseeing housing discrimination and other illegal forms of discrimination at the NYC level.
What is the NYC Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)?
The option that permits Section 8 voucher holders to move to a different jurisdiction outside of New York City.
What is portability?
To qualify for CityFHEPS, the gross income must be at or below this percentage of the federal poverty level.
What is 200% of the federal poverty level
A landlord must submit this to register an apartment before leasing to a CityFHEPS tenant in order for the unit to be approved for rental assistance.
What is the pre-clearance?
An agent working under a licensed broker, often with more direct contact with prospective tenants.
What is the real estate salesperson?
This practice, where landlords or real estate agents steer potential renters or buyers to specific areas based on their race, is a form of housing discrimination
What is racial steering?
The online platform where NYCHA Section 8 participants can apply for transfers or check the status of their transfer requests.
What is the NYCHA Self-Service Portal?
This document will be given to you by your case manager when you are potentially eligible for CityFHEPS.
What is the Shopping Letter
This form is used by landlords to request an incentive for holding a rental unit while the rental assistance process is completed.
What is the HRA-145 Unit Hold Incentive?
A legally binding document that outlines the terms and conditions between a landlord and a tenant.
What is a lease agreement?
This law, passed in New York City in 1969, protects tenants in rent-stabilized apartments from excessive rent increases and provides them with long-term lease options
What is Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA)?
The minimum period a Section 8 tenant must wait before requesting a move with continued assistance after completing the initial term of their lease. (No DV or emergency)
What is 12 months?
The unit was sourced by LE and the client was referred under the DSS pilot program, this provider will submit the client rent packet.
What is Landlord Engagement?
This voucher is issued by HRA to protect landlords against unpaid rent or damages caused by a CityFHEPS tenant.
What is the Security Voucher?
This law will go into effect in June 2025 to require the party hiring the real estate broker to pay the broker’s fee.
What is the FARE Act?
This federal law, enacted in 1994, provides broad legal protections for survivors of domestic violence, including in federally assisted housing.
What is VAWA?
The official written notice that a Section 8 tenant must provide their landlord before moving out of their unit.
What is a Notice to Vacate?
This document is proof some is a recipient of public assistance
What is a budget letter?
This document must be provided with a lease under the rent stabilization laws?
What is a lease rider?
The entity responsible for establishing allowable increases to the rent annually for rent stabilized and rent controlled apartments.
What is the Rent Guidelines Board?
A law effective as of January 1, 2025 establishing protections for prospective applicants with a conviction history from being denied housing based solely this criminal history.
What is the NYC Fair Chance Housing Law?
The step required in public housing prior to emergency transfer when the survivor and harming party are co-lessees for their unit.
What is lease bifurcation?
This term refers to a significant difficulty or expense that may exempt a landlord from providing a requested accommodation.
What is undue hardship?
This is what CityFHEPS stands for
What is City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement?