More than 400,000 New Yorkers reside in NYCHA’s 326 public housing developments across the City’s five boroughs.
It can also be administered by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) or New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR). The national Section 8 program, which allows tenants to put no more than 40 percent of their income toward rent in privately-owned buildings with the federal program subsidizing the difference, falls under NYCHA as well. Department of Housing and Urban Development subsidizing the rest. On average, a household pays 30 percent of their income to live in a NYCHA development, with the U.S. NYCHA developments are built with federal, state, or city funds and are exempt from certain local laws. NYCHA is the largest public housing authority in North America.
