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HOUSING
FOR THE MANY.

HOUSINGFOR THE MANY.
A roof over all of our heads

ENDING EVICTIONS AND HOMELESSNESS. FOREVER.

Our current housing system is set up to enrich the few instead of providing affordable, sustainable, and accessible housing for all. Half of New York State is paying more in rent than they can afford. Millions of families don’t have any rights to renew their lease, and are living in constant fear of eviction. We believe every single person should be guaranteed a safe and healthy home, and that’s exactly what we’re fighting for.

49%

of New Yorkers spend over 30% of their income on housing

5.5 M

households have no protections from eviction

78,000

New Yorkers are homeless
OUR APPROACH

PUTTING POWER BACK IN THE HANDS OF RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS

The housing crisis in New York has never been more dire, and the movement for housing justice has never been stronger. We’ve organized tenants across the Hudson Valley to fight for bills that will strengthen renters’ rights and put an end to homelessness and displacement—and we’ve been winning. In 2024, we passed Good Cause Eviction at the state level and began organizing municipal campaigns to strengthen the law locally. As a steering committee member of the statewide coalition Housing Justice for All, we’re fighting to expand rent stabilization and lower housing costs for all New Yorkers.

LEGISLATION

BILLS ON THE TABLE

Rent Emergency Stabilization for Tenants (REST) Act
Social Housing Development Authority
Housing Access Voucher Program

The REST Act would make it easier for upstate NY municipalities to opt-in to rent stabilization by removing costly and arbitrary requirements that are barriers to upstate municipalities opting in – like requiring a costly vacancy study, and only covering buildings with 6 or more units built before 1974.

Passing the REST Act will protect tenants from exorbitant rent increases and keep our communities affordable.

New York needs more affordable housing, now and for the long-term. Establishing a statewide Social Housing Development Authority would create a new purpose for the housing market: to provide people with homes, not to line the pockets of corporate landlords and real estate developers. By giving the state capacity to acquire distressed real estate assets, rehabilitate them, and transfer these buildings from the private real estate market to communities’ control, we can ensure all New Yorkers have a safe, stable home.

The New York Social Housing Development Authority (SHDA) would build and maintain affordable housing outside the for-profit real estate market and expand opportunities for people to access stable housing.

The Housing Access Voucher Program creates a rental assistance program for New Yorkers who are currently homeless or at risk of homelessness, including undocumented New Yorkers and those who are not currently on public assistance.

The Housing Access Voucher Program will help end homelessness in New York state. 

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