NYC: Affordale Housing Website

MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONLINE RESOURCE

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced today the creation of the online Affordable Housing Resource Center, which aims to dramatically increase New Yorkers' access to information from more than a dozen City agencies involved in housing matters. The Affordable Housing Resource Center can be found on the web at: www.nyc.gov/housing. The site will provide information and advice on buying and renting in the private market, legal rights and responsibilities, and health tips.

"During my re-election campaign I pledged that City government would combine all of its existing data on available housing into a comprehensive Web site that will also include information on legal services, assistance for building owners and information on City services for tenants," said Mayor Bloomberg. "The online Affordable Housing Resource Center fulfills that promise. In the same way that 311 brings together comprehensive information on City services through one telephone number, this Web site will provide New Yorkers with a single point of entry to affordable housing information."To help more New Yorkers learn about affordable housing opportunities and other critical housing information, 12 City agencies worked together to enact the Mayor's pledge to combine key elements of the City's existing housing data into a comprehensive portal on the City's main Web site, www.nyc.gov. In addition to current lotteries of housing financed through City programs, this Affordable Housing Resource Center provides information on the following:
* Apartment and house hunting tips
* Down payment assistance
* Public housing
* Emergency housing assistance
* Federal rental assistance
* Repairs and maintenance
* Tenants' rights
* Foreclosure prevention
* Housing for people with special needs, and
* Mayoral announcements on housing
To read the complete press release, visit the HPD Web site at www.nyc.gov/hpd