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Emergency Housing Vouchers in NYC Are Ending: What to Do

NYCHA is not converting Emergency Housing Vouchers to Section 8. Rent payments end by December 31, 2026, and the September 30 deadline has passed.

Dec 20, 20259 min read

For landlords

Section 8 Reasonable Accommodation in NYC: How to Request

How to ask NYCHA, HPD or your landlord for a disability accommodation with a Section 8 voucher in NYC: the forms, the proof, and who pays.

Dec 20, 202513 min read

For landlords

Section 8 Window Guard Requirements in NYC: Rules and Dates

NYC buildings with three or more apartments must install window guards where a child 10 or younger lives. Notice dates, costs and NYCHA's 21 days.

Dec 20, 202512 min read

For landlords

Section 8 Lead Paint Requirements NYC: Local Law 1 and HUD

Section 8 lead paint requirements in NYC: HUD inspection rules, Local Law 1 annual notices, XRF testing, HPD exemptions, the July 2027 deadline and penalties.

Dec 20, 202513 min read

For landlords

Section 8 Utility Allowance NYC: 2026 NYCHA Rates by Bedroom

NYCHA 2026 Section 8 utility allowances for cooking gas and electric: $125 studio, $141 1BR, $181 2BR. How the allowance changes gross rent and your HAP.

Dec 20, 202513 min read

For landlords

NYCHA Owner Extranet: Login, Registration and What It Does

NYCHA Owner Extranet login and registration: the vendor number and tax ID you need, what Section 8 landlords can do online, and what still takes a phone call.

Dec 20, 202513 min read

For landlords

Section 8 Lease Requirements NYC: What a Lease Must Include

Section 8 lease requirements in NYC: the five items HUD requires, the tenancy addendum, New York notices and riders, void clauses and what each agency reviews.

Dec 20, 202513 min read

For landlords

Section 8 Eviction Process in NYC: Grounds, Notices, Court

Section 8 eviction process in NYC: the grounds HUD allows, New York's notice periods, what NYCHA, HPD and HCR require, and each Housing Court stage for owners.

Dec 20, 202512 min read

For landlords

How Section 8 Landlords Get Paid in NYC: NYCHA, HPD and HCR

Who pays which share of the rent, what the HAP contract promises, and how first and later payments arrive at NYCHA, HPD and NYS HCR.

Dec 20, 202512 min read

For landlords

Is Section 8 Worth It for Landlords? An Honest Look at the Numbers

What a NYCHA voucher can pay for your unit in 2026, how the 40% rule and utilities change it, and a worked first-year comparison with market rent.

Dec 20, 202513 min read

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Emergency Housing Vouchers in NYC Are Ending: What to Do
Apartment buildings in Parkchester, the Bronx, seen from the 6 train in August 2021. Kidfly182. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped
Section 8 Reasonable Accommodation in NYC: How to Request
Entrance to the Straus Houses on 28th Street in Manhattan, January 2026. Transpoman. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped
Section 8 Window Guard Requirements in NYC: Rules and Dates
An apartment building at the northwest corner of Merrick Boulevard and 89th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, August 2018. Window guards are visible in several windows beside the fire escape. Tdorante10. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped
Section 8 Lead Paint Requirements NYC: Local Law 1 and HUD
Tenement buildings on 13th Street in Manhattan's East Village, May 2025. Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · cropped
Section 8 Utility Allowance NYC: 2026 NYCHA Rates by Bedroom
The Consolidated Edison building at 14th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan, March 2018. Con Edison supplies electricity and gas to most of the city. Tdorante10. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped
NYCHA Owner Extranet: Login, Registration and What It Does
Small apartment buildings in Bushwick, Brooklyn, in April 2022. Kidfly182. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped
Section 8 Lease Requirements NYC: What a Lease Must Include
The Jacob K. Javits Federal Building at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, May 2012. Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped
Section 8 Eviction Process in NYC: Grounds, Notices, Court
The Red Hook Community Justice Center at 88 Visitation Place in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in July 2011. Jim.henderson. Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · cropped
How Section 8 Landlords Get Paid in NYC: NYCHA, HPD and HCR
Looking south down 94th Street from the Woodhaven Boulevard station in Woodhaven, Queens, June 2025. Tdorante10. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped
Is Section 8 Worth It for Landlords? An Honest Look at the Numbers
Rowhouses on the north side of 86th Street between Ridge Boulevard and 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, July 2019. Tdorante10. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped