Frog in Search of Lily Pad: Affordable Housing

Lee en español In New York City’s rental market there are few New Yorkers that could claim to be a king or queen looking for their castle. Often what the annual apartment hunt feels like is a frog jumping across lily pads or in this case neighborhoods and boroughs looking for a spot to stay [...]

Stop Eviction: Emergency Eviction Prevention Funds

Leer en español If you’re struggling to pay your rent, reach out to someone prior to receiving an eviction notice. The earlier the better. The best way to sort out a problem is to get to the root of the cause. Is it unemployment? Underemployment? Credit card debt? There are several steps that can be taking [...]

Do you have a Senior in your family who should have food stamps?

Did you have lunch? For some seniors, older adults and their families, lunch can be a struggle. In fact, getting a balanced diet whether that’s breakfast, lunch, dinner or a healthy snack can be difficult when living on a fixed income. SNAP – the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as the Food Stamp Program [...]

Need help getting rid of mold? NYC offers Free Mold Removal Services

    Para leer en español Black, brown fuzzy spider vein-type marks might be crawling up your windows and under your doors in post-Sandy New York City. Thousands of houses in the hardest hit areas along the coasts several months later are still trying to curb this infestation. The villain: Mold. What kind of assistance [...]

Call to Action: United to End Homelessness Needs You

Thank you to Soheil Rezayazdi of United to End Homelessness for this guest blog post. A new coalition has formed to help curb New York City’s homelessness crisis. The group, United to End Homelessness, is spearheaded by advocates, faith leaders, and homeless men and women. This nonpartisan coalition aims to highlight homelessness during this year’s [...]

Think you might need a Fair Hearing? New free online form helps you prepare for one

Clic aquí para leer esto en Español Have you lost benefits or services such as food stamps (SNAP), cash assistance, Medicaid or other health benefits?  Did your local social services office turn you down when you asked for emergency help? If any of these scenarios apply to you, new online interactive interviews in English and [...]

HEAP AC Cooling Assistance program has begun. Get your application in early!

HEAP is bringing back its AC Cooling Assistance program, as of April 1, 2013! The HEAP Cooling Assistance Program assists with the purchase and installation of air conditioners not to exceed $800 or a fan to eligible households. Whenever possible, window air conditioning units with an Energy Star rating will be installed. Only one air [...]

NY leads with the most missing pension $$ waiting to be claimed. Do you know if you are owed unclaimed pension?

Are you owed unclaimed pension money? Across the country, there are more than 38,000 people who haven’t claimed pension benefits they are owed. Those unclaimed pensions equal a total of over $300 million dollars, with individual benefits ranging from twelve cents to almost a million dollars. New York tops the list of states with the [...]

Have a questions about your Social Security benefits? Log online to find the answers with NEW expanded online services

Lee esta información en Español Social Security has announced that they’ve expanded online services for, www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount.  Anyone age 18 and older can sign up for an account at this website and have instant access to their Social Security and SSI benefits. The NEW features you can now access are:   Your benefit verification letter Payment history [...]

Westchester County residents may be eligible one-time temporary disaster food assistance (even if not receiving SNAP/food stamp benefits before). Apply by 11/23/12

Did you live in Westchester County on October 27? Was your home damaged? Did you lose income? Can’t get access to cash or your bank? Did you pay for evacuation or shelter from the storm? Did you suffer injury or have home/business repairs? You might be able to get a temporary EBT card (called Disaster [...]

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