New York City Housing Authority

See also: List of New York City Housing Authority properties
New York City Housing Authority
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 20, 1934 (1934-01-20)
JurisdictionNew York City
Headquarters250 Broadway, New York City, New York
Employees13,000
Agency executives
  • Lisa Bova-Hiatt, CEO
  • Jamie Rubin, Chair
Key document
Websitenyc.gov/nycha

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is a public development corporation which provides public housing in New York City, and is the largest public housing authority in North America. Created in 1934 as the first agency of its kind in the United States, it aims to provide decent, affordable housing for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers throughout the five boroughs of New York City.[1][2] NYCHA also administers a citywide Section 8 Leased Housing Program in rental apartments. NYCHA developments include single and double family houses, apartment units, singular floors, and shared small building units, and commonly have large income disparities with their respective surrounding neighborhood or community. These developments, particularly those including large-scale apartment buildings, are often referred to in popular culture as "projects."

NYCHA Map[3]

The New York City Housing Authority's goal is to increase opportunities for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers by providing affordable housing and facilitating access to public service and community services.[4] More than 360,000 New Yorkers reside in NYCHA's 335 public housing developments across the city's five boroughs.[5] Another 235,000 receive subsidized rental assistance in private homes through the NYCHA-administered Section 8 Leased Housing Program.

  1. ^ Bloom, Nicholas Dagen; Lasner, Matthew Gordon (2016). Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691167817.
  2. ^ "NYCHA Fact Sheet 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-09-24.
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  4. ^ "NYCHA - About". www1.nyc.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  5. ^ "NYCHA Fact Sheet 2023" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-06-25.