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Last year, Win served over 12,400 people
The launch of New York’s Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP) is an important milestone, but it’s only a start. The $50M program will serve roughly 1,000 NYC households, far short of the city’s need.
HAVP fills a longstanding gap in New York’s housing safety net by helping low-income households afford rent by capping their payment at 30% of income, with the voucher covering the rest.
Win is calling for stronger investment in HAVP. As part of our FY27 State Policy Agenda, we are urging Kathy Hochul and the Legislature to expand funding to $250M to protect families from eviction and displacement. To read our full agenda, visit: https://winnyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Wins-FY27-State-Policy-Agenda_Final.pdf
Win's AVP of Policy & Advocacy, @ChrisMannNYC, told @CityLimitsNews: “This is both a huge victory — getting vouchers into people’s hands for the first time is an incredible win. But the crisis means we need much more.” He’s right. We must expand funding to reach more New Yorkers.
New York's Housing Access Voucher Program is up and running, after lawmakers & advocates who fought for years to get it included in the state budget finally succeeded last year. But it'll serve just about 1,000 households in the city, officials estimate. https://citylimits.org/new-state-housing-vouchers-will-serve-about-1000-nyc-households-lawmakers-say-its-not-enough/
Thank you @GovKathyHochul for taking to bold action to expand universal child care. Our families shouldn't have to choose between keeping a job and caring for their children.
Read our full report findings here:
A recent report from @WINNYC_ORG shows that 80% of women have faced some type of job disruption due to child care challenges.
That is unacceptable. And it’s why we’re going to make universal child care a reality.