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Testimony: Making CityFHEPS More Accessible
We know that well-funded rental assistance programs can act as a key mechanism for helping homeless New Yorkers leave the shelter system and find permanent homes. CityFHEPS is the city’s rental assistance program. And, while the city has made strides to improve the functionality of this program, there are a number of administrative, enforcement, and funding issues that continue to hinder it from being as effective as it could be.
Student Loan Cancellation: What borrowers can do to benefit from the latest relief
Last week, the Biden Administration announced that it will cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for borrowers. Here are 6 tips from EDCAP on what borrowers should do next.
Disconnected: The Digital Divide & Disrupted Schooling in NYC
Unequal access to the internet and digital devices, or the “digital divide,” has been documented for decades. Today, the digital divide is preventing New Yorkers from climbing up the economic ladder.
Mayor and Schools Chancellor Can Transform Education for Low-Income Students
Press Release: EDCAP is Ready to Help New Yorkers Take Advantage of President’s Student Debt Relief Plan
Press Release: CSS Applauds President’s Student Debt Relief Plan
Help From Congress for Distressed Student Loan Borrowers
Press Release: New CSS Report Documents Impacts of Student Loan Debt Across Age, Income and Race/Ethnicity
Mitigating the Growing Impact of Student Loan Debt
Student loan debt has reached $1.7 trillion in the United States and is the second-largest form of consumer debt next to mortgages. In New York State, approximately 2.4 million people owe more than $98 billion in student debt, with one million of these borrowers living in New York City.
Press Release: ADVOCATES SEND LETTER OF SUPPORT URGING CONGRESS TO PASS NEW BILL TO HELP STUDENT-BORROWERS
Mayor Sinks Cheap Fares for ‘Day Trippers’ on Over-Subsidized NYC Ferry
COVID Weariness Threatens Public Safety
Press Release: CSS Report Highlights Practice of Nonprofit Hospitals Garnishing Patient Wages
Blame Speculation, Not Rent Regulation: Why New York Must Enforce and Protect the 2019 Rent Laws
The last three years have been ones of momentous changes in our housing system, particularly for the more than two million people living in New York City’s 1,006,000 rent stabilized apartments.
Speculation, Not Regulation, Is Fueling New York’s Rent Madness
Testimony: Housing Our Neighbors
What student borrowers need to know about Sweet v. Cardona
Learn who is eligible for relief and how to access relief in the Sweet v. Cardona class action settlement.