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Jiggetts and FEPS
Rental Assistance Program (RAP)
ACS Housing Subsidy Program
Other Section 8 Programs
Jiggetts and
FEPS
Jiggetts was replaced with the Family Eviction Prevention
Supplement (FEPS) in May 2005. FEPS is a housing supplement
to help prevent evictions and provides rental support
to families for up to five years.
- Families applying for FEPS must have at least
one minor child and an open Public Assistance case
(can not be sanctioned).
- Eligible families must be facing eviction for
the nonpayment of rent.
- FEPS pays arrears up to $7000 and monthly rent
payments for up to five years. Click
here for information about the maximum rent
that FEPS will pay to a household.
- Individuals residing in the household that are
not receiving PA (e.g. SSI recipients) must pay 30%
of their income toward the rent.
- FEPS does not accept rent payments from third
parties.
- FEPS applications can be filed through specific
legal providers and community-based organizations
in each borough.
NOTE: Those families that are currently receiving
Jiggets will continue to receive Jiggetts until 2007.
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Rental Assistance Program (RAP)
The Rental Assistance Program provides a subsidy
to help households transition into financial independence
and adequate housing. The program is run by the Coalition
for the Homeless.
- The RAP subsidy is available to families for up
to two years and provides support of up to $300/month.
- Families and singles must be employed and living
in a domestic violence or homeless shelter to apply.
- RAP applicants must meet specific income requirements
to show that they will be able to meet their rent
responsibility with the RAP supplement.
- In addition to receiving a rent subsidy, RAP families
participate in ongoing case management, employment,
and education activities.
For more information about the program, contact the
Coalition for the Homeless at 212-776-2000.
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ACS Housing Subsidy Program
The Housing Subsidy Program is administered by the
Administration for Children’s Services. The subsidy
is intended to provide rental support to families that
need housing in order to reunify with children in foster
care.
- The program pays up to $300 a month in rent, a
broker’s fee, security deposit, and arrears
up to $1800.
- Eligible families must have an open ACS case and
housing must be a barrier to the reunification of
the family.
- Referrals are made through ACS case workers for
the subsidy.
For more information about the program, contact ACS
at 1-877-KIDSNYC.
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Other Section 8 Programs
Section 8 funding comes from the federal Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
In addition to the New York City Housing Authority
(NYCHA), other government agencies also administer
some Section 8 vouchers with HUD funding in New York
City.
In addition, to Section 8 vouchers which are provided
directly to tenants. Project-based Section 8 is another
type of Section 8 that HPD, DHCR, and the federal government
have supported. These vouchers are given to developers
when they develop affordable housing and are attached
to specific housing units rather than to individual
households.
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