How Much Does Hasa Pay For Rent 2022 (2024)

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How much does public assistance pay for rent in NYS? ›

HRA will pay for a one-bedroom apartment that costs up to $1,312 per month. If your income is $1,000 per month and the rent on your one-bedroom apartment is $1,312 (the maximum rent) HRA will calculate 30% of your income as $300 that you should pay towards rent.

What is Earned Income Disregard? Earned Income Disregard ("EID") is an employment incentive that allows eligible clients with active Cash Assistance (CA) cases who gain full or part-time employment to continue to receive financial assistance if a budget deficit exits.

a. If qualified, HASA clients can receive 1st month's rent, security deposit vouchers, broker's fee, moving expenses and/or furniture grant.

Generally, the maximum benefit level is the standard of need in a county, which varies. For example, in Albany County, the maximum benefit level (or standard of need) is $367 per month for a single individual, or $698 per month for a household of three with children.

Governor Hochul and the legislature secured over $1.15 billion to supplement federal ERAP funding in the Fiscal Year 2023 and 2024 Enacted Budgets, including $391 million towards rental arrears assistance — with $350 million of that amount supporting New York state's ERAP for public and subsidized housing residents, ...

How to apply for HASA rental assistance? Applicants should call ServiceLine (718-557-1399) or go to their office (located at 400 Eighth Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York City). To be accepted into the program, a person must first find an apartment with rent that matches the voucher amount.

HASA provides housing assistance, coordinates home care covered by Medicaid, case management and enhanced Public Assistance to anyone who is HIV+ and meets their financial criteria.

Help with cash assistance: Cash Assistance is a twice-a- month cash grant that you can use to meet basic needs. Some of the grant goes to rent and utilities, and there are other special grants for furniture, clothing, storage fees, etc.

HIV/AIDS Services Administration. (HASA)

What is countable income? ›

In-kind income is not cash; it is food or shelter, or something you can use to get food or shelter. Countable Income definition. Countable income is the amount left over after: Eliminating from consideration all items that are not income; and. Applying all appropriate exclusions to the items that are income.

Income restricted apartments are housing units where the rent is set based on the area's median income (AMI). These apartments are part of programs aimed to provide affordable housing to low income renters who may not be able to afford market rent units.

The maximum housing assistance is generally the lesser of the payment standard minus 30% of the family's monthly adjusted income or the gross rent for the unit minus 30% of monthly adjusted income.

A move voucher is valid for 120 days (approximately four months). You must find a new apartment and return a completed Landlord Package by the end of the 120 day period.

Unless you receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), you may be required to pay back some or all the Emergency Assistance in the future. HRA will let you know if you need to pay it back.

NYS Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)

ERAP provides assistance to New York City households who are behind in their rent. Eligible low- and moderate-income households can get up to 12 months of their back rent paid, three months of future rent, and other assistance.

PROTECTIONS FOR TENANTS

Once a landlord accepts an ERAP payment, the tenant cannot be evicted for not paying rent during the period covered or for an expired lease during the 12 months following this payment.

As housing rights continue to be a central issue in urban areas, this law is aimed as a step toward stabilizing rental situations and curtailing unjust evictions. The Good Cause Eviction Law went into effect on April 20, 2024. It applies to all new and renewed leases (unless specifically exempt) in New York City.