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Access to Home: Pathway to Independence

In New York State, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal has found a way to help our disabled neighbors regain their independence through a program called Access to Home. In both teeming cities and remote rural areas, disabled New Yorkers are receiving assistance to help modify their homes to promote their independence through a variety of adaptations and modifications. Their reclamation of independence has kept them in our communities and made us all richer and New York stronger.

Assets for Independence (AFI)

The DHCR Assets for Independence (AFI) program is a matched-savings down payment assistance grant of up to $7,500.00 for first-time home buyers. The information provided in this video and Power Point presentation is tailored for and can be used by either DHCR local Section 8 program managers or DHCR voucher-holders who wish to pursue home ownership.

DHCR Celebrates NYSAFAH's 10th Annual Affordable Housing Conference

The New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH) celebrated its 10th anniversary on May 6th with an inspiring and educational conference that brought industry leaders from across the state together to discuss innovative ways to create affordable housing in a challenging economy.

This year's conference was held at the Marriott Marquis Times Square and Commissioner VanAmerongen was proud to deliver the keynote address. The commissioner discussed the work of DHCR and its partners during the past two years to face challenges in the market and find creative solutions to meet the affordable housing need in New York. A slide show presentation depicting the dozens of ribbon cuttings, groundbreakings, conferences, and events DHCR has participated in recently helped illustrate the state's commitment to the development and preservation of affordable housing.

HOGAR: Seeking the American Dream in Rockland County

The Neighborhood Preservation Company HOGAR is helping the hispanic population of Rockland County to achieve the American Dream of homeownership. With funding from the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, they are providing homeownership classes to first-time homebuyers.

Municipal Leaders Speak Out: Affordable Housing Works!

No matter how we define the boundaries of New York State - whether it be cities, towns, village, or hamlets-we are essentially a state of communities. Some are urban, some rural and some suburban. But regardless of how different our communities are from one another, all are made stronger and healthier by an ample supply of affordable housing.

Nursing Home Transition and Diversion (NHTD) Housing Subsidy Program

Presbyterian Senior Services Grandparent Family Apartments

After eight years of planning and two years of building the Morrisania section of the Bronx will host a new type of senior housing, the first of its kind in the nation.

Project Renewal: Housing and More

This video portrays the work of one of DHCR's partners who, beyond providing affordable housing for persons with alcohol and substance abuse problems, also provides them with vocational training through a program called Comfort Foods.

Rural Housing Coalition

Twenty-five years ago at the prodding of a core group of advocates for rural causes the New York State legislature created the rural preservation program. And, to make sure that government kept its promises to rural communities, the New York State Rural Housing Coalition was born.

Saving Our Neighborhoods: 30th Anniversary of the NPP

DHCR was a proud sponsor of this year's Affordable Housing Conference and Membership Meeting of the Neighborhood Preservation Coalition of New York State, which marked the 30th anniversary of the Neighborhood Preservation Program. This video was shown at the conference.

Section 8 Family Self Sufficiency

Commissioner Deborah VanAmerongen joined more than 180 DHCR staff and Local Administrators who gathered in Syracuse for the annual Statewide Section 8 Conference, which this year celebrated "30 Years of Making Housing Affordable" in New York. This video was shown at the conference.

Supportive Housing Video: "Making Good Neighbors"

For more than 20 years, the Supportive Housing Network of New York and its members have been working tirelessly to educate the public about supportive housing and how it can benefit individuals and communities. The dynamic advocacy group recently celebrated its eighth annual conference in New York City, attracting more than 500 advocates, experts, and government officials from across the nation to the day-long gathering.

Victories on Main Street

Our cities, towns and villages are all about their downtowns. This video captures some of the ways that DHCR is helping our communities restore the lustre to their Main Streets.

Weatherization Day

The term Weatherization first appeared during the energy crisis of the 1970's and was used to describe the process of making the outer skin of a building better able to confront the harsh extremes of weather. The Weatherization Assistance Program, a Federal initiative created in 1976, provides States funds to weatherize homes of low income to lower their heating and energy costs. Since the 1976 inception of the New York State program, more than 486,900 homes have been weatherized.

Yolanda Garcia

What is Yolanda Garcia's legacy? That depends on whom you ask. To some, she was a tireless advocate for affordable, low-density housing in her Bronx neighbor-hood. For others, she spearheaded a movement for clean air, having lost a son to asthma. One thing is certain, when she died recently at the young age of 53, Yolanda Garcia left the world a better place than she found it.

20 Years of The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program in New York State

Since 1986, the historic Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program has been responsible for fulfilling hundreds of thousands of New Yorker's dreams of affordable housing. In the last ten years it has helped to produce 90% of the affordable rental housing in the nation. Sponsored by Congressman Charles B. Rangel, it's results can be seen from the village of Harlem to the hills of Haight Ashbury. Come see how New York's developers, financiers and non-profits have harnessed this economic engine for the benefit of New York's neediest citizens.

Last updated on 07/20/10