Resources Page (Solo en Inglés)

NY Connects  - NY Connects provides locally accessible, consumer-centered access points that provide comprehensive information about long term care options and linkages to services for individuals of all ages with long term care needs. Such care includes home based support services both medical and non-medical needed to improve or maintain ones' health and/or daily function.

New York State Office for the Aging  - The mission of the New York State Office for the Aging is to help older New Yorkers to be as independent as possible for as long as possible through advocacy, development and delivery of person-centered, consumer-oriented, and cost-effective policies, programs and services which support and empower the elderly and their families, in partnership with the network of public and private organizations which serve them.

The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (or LTCOP)  - Long Term Care Ombudsman are professionally trained and certified advocates who resolve issues with long term care facilities on behalf of residents and their families.

Access To Home  - Providing funds to help New Yorkers make homes and apartments accessible. These grants for low to moderate income households needing home adaptations or alterations are provided through our local partners.

TRAID Program  - The TRAID-In Equipment Exchange Program "matches" or connects people who have assistive devices they no longer need with people with disabilities who could use those devices.

Environmental Modification Directory  - The online directory of home modification programs available through the State of New York.

NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal  - DHCR supports community efforts to preserve and expand affordable housing, home ownership and economic opportunities, by providing equal access to safe, decent and affordable housing.

NYS Office of Mental Health  - OMH Serves individuals with mental illness and works to ensure everyone with a mental illness at any stage of life has access to effective treatment and supports essential for living, working, learning, and participating fully in the community.

Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities [OMRDD]  - OMRDD strives to help people with developmental disabilities enjoy meaningful relationships with friends, family and others in their lives, experience personal health and growth and live in the home of their choice and fully participate in their communities.

NY Association on Independent Living  - The New York Association on Independent Living (NYAIL) works to improve the quality of life, and safeguard the rights of people with disabilities

MISCC  - The most integrated stetting coordinating council- is responsible for developing a comprehensive Statewide plan to ensure that people of all ages with physical and mental disabilities receive care and services in the most integrated settings appropriate to their individual needs.

Americans With Disabilities Act  - The ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability.

Brain Injury Association of NY State  - Provides support services to brain injury survivors and their families.

DisabilityInfo.gov  - provides quick and easy access to comprehensive information about federal disability programs, services, laws and benefits.

Consumer Directed Choices  - CDC's mission is to provide and advance community-based supports to promote self-determination for people with disabilities and their families

NYS Commission On Quality of Care  - NYS agency charged with Improving Lives, Protecting Rights Advocating for Persons with Disabilities

Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program  -

• This Medicaid program provides services to chronically ill or physically disabled individuals who have a medical need for help with activities of daily living or skilled nursing services.
• Services can include any of the services provided by a personal care aide (home attendant), home health aide, or nurse.
• The consumer or the person acting on the consumer's behalf assumes full responsibility for hiring, training, supervising, and - if need be - terminating the employment of persons providing the services.

Human Resource Administration [HRA]  - This program available in NYC only puts emphasis on preventing homelessness; an individual can apply through the Welfare Office for a one-time stipend that covers one month's rent, security, a small stipend for furniture, and a broker's fee. The individual must be able to afford the apartment on their own after the one-time stipend. It can take up to a month to process an application for rental assistance.

HomeBase Program  - This program available in NYC only Helps families at risk of homelessness Citywide to access services and one-time cash assistance. This program can be accessed through 311. The HomeBase Program provides help finding and renting an apartment; job training and search;, legal and benefits assistance; mediation of problems with landlords or within families; and accessing health care and child care.

Work Advantage Program  - This program available in NYC only is geared to help people move from shelters. A person can become eligible for this program on the 90th day in the shelter. The Work Advantage Program uses a rental assistance strategy that rewards people for working and saving money rather than penalizing them by taking away their rental assistance for working. While people are receiving the rental subsidy, which will account for almost 100% of their rent, they are asked to contribute up to 20% of the rent amount to a savings account that will be matched at the end of the program. In addition, people pay $50 in rent directly to the landlord.

Children's Advantage/Fixed Income Advantage Programs  - This program available in NYC only offers Rental assistance programs designed to help families and individuals who are receiving federal benefits such as Social Security disability insurance to leave shelters. Only people who receive an eligibility letter, from the Administration for Children's Services or HRA respectively, are able to access these programs. To be eligible for the Fixed Income Advantage rent supplement, a family residing in shelter must be identified by HRA as a candidate for the benefit AND have resided in the shelter system for a minimum of 60 consecutive days.

People receiving Fixed Income Advantage support are designated as a special needs population and therefore eligible for a Section 8 Housing Program application priority. Section 8 applications are forwarded to NYCHA on the person's behalf once they move into their Advantage Program apartment. However, acceptance into the Section 8 program cannot be guaranteed since certification for Section 8 is determined by NYCHA based on Section 8 qualification guidelines. Fixed Income Advantage Program landlords receive a monthly rental payment from the City for up to one year, or until the person's acceptance into the Section 8 Program, whichever comes first.

Department of Housing Preservation and Development [HPD]  -

HPD Apartment Listing  -

HPD Affordable Housing Resource Center  -

NYC Community Boards  - New York City is divided into 59 administrative districts, each served by a Community Board. Community Boards are local representative bodies that serve as advocates for New York City residents and communities.

The NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC)  - The NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has a variety of programs that finance the development of low- , moderate- and middle-income housing. To see a list of HDC developments that are currently accepting applications, please click here.

NY State Tenant's Rights Guide  - Regulations your landlord and your lease must abide by in NY state

Dispute Resolution Centers of NY  - Alternative means to resolve your problem with your landlord/tenant without resorting to court action.

Find a Local Lawyer to Represent You Regarding Housing Issues  -

Legal Services NYC  -

Legal Services of the Hudson Valley  -

Legal Services of Long Island  -

United Tenants of Albany  -

Fair Housing Complaints  -

Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity  -

Weatherization Programs  -

Empower NY  - Resources to help make your home more energy efficient and reduce your heating and energy costs.

[HEAP] Home Energy Assistance Program  -

Your Local Department of Social Services  - The Low-Income (HEAP) is a federally funded program that assists eligible households in meeting their home energy needs.

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority  - State agency charged with energy-efficiency programs, research and development initiatives, low-income energy programs

Local Homeownership Counseling Programs

NYS Coalition for Excellence in Homeownership Education 
NeighborWorks 

Learn about what you need to do to purchase your first home, avoid foreclosure or apply for a reverse mortgage

SONYMA

USDA-Rural Development Loans  - The Single-Family Housing Program provides homeownership opportunities to low and moderate-income rural Americans through several loan, grant, and guarantee programs. The program also makes funding available to individuals to finance vital improvements necessary to make their homes decent, safe, and sanitary.

First Home Club  - The FHC provides down payment and closing cost assistance by granting four dollars in matching funds for each dollar saved in a dedicated account (up to $7,500 in matching funds) to an eligible first-time homebuyer purchasing a home through one of our approved member banks.