"Affordable" Housing Part 2

In the next part of this series, host K-DiD and Tiffany talk about the importance of financial literacy, differences among shelters, and challenges of finding affordable housing with a voucher. Email or DM Hear Our Voices to share your story or resources related to homelessness and housing instability: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hear Our Voices' ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ account links can be found on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktr.ee/nyc_hov⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. RESOURCES ⁠⁠⁠NYC311⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://portal.311.nyc.gov/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DHS' Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing (PATH) intake center ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- apply for shelter https://www.nyc.gov/site/dhs/shelter/families/families-with-children-applying.page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brochure⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dhs/downloads/pdf/path-brochure.pdf ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HRA Guide for Housing Instability⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hra/downloads/pdf/BK-9-SOI-NewGuideForRenters.pdf ⁠Unlock NYC⁠ ⁠https://weunlock.nyc/⁠ Works with New Yorkers impacted by housing discrimination to build technology that makes it easy to identify, record, and report unfair treatment. Start a report - ⁠https://weunlock.nyc/start/⁠ About Source of Income Discrimination FAQ for Source of Income Discrimination https://www.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/materials/FairHouse_FAQs-Tenant-English.pdf FAQ for Source of Income Discrimination https://www.nyc.gov/assets/cchr/downloads/pdf/materials/SourceOfIncomeFactSheet_SP.pdf If you experience source of income discrimination, you can report it to the NYC Commission on Human Rights by dialing 311 and asking for "Human Rights," call 212-416-0197, or use the Report Discrimination form. https://www.nyc.gov/site/cchr/about/report-discrimination.page Education ⁠Advocates for Children⁠ ⁠https://www.advocatesforchildren.org/⁠ Contact info shelter-based STH Family Assistants and school-based STH Community Coordinators: ⁠https://bit.ly/STHStaff⁠ Help requesting a shelter transfer to be closer to your child’s school: email Jennifer Pringle at [email protected] Education specialist helpline, Monday - Thursday 10am-4pm 866-427-6033 or send a message: ⁠https://www.advocatesforchildren.org/get_help/helpline/send_us_a_message⁠ Housing Vouchers ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Section 8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/section-8/about-section-8.page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CityFHEPS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/cityfheps.page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FHEPS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/fheps.page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Special One-Time Assistance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (SOTA) https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/sota.page Check out other resources: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/40pB4p8