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Lottery Held for Yonkers Residents Seeking Affordable Housing Vouchers

3,000 Names Are Being Drawn for Spots on the Waiting List Which Has Not Been Open for More Than 10 Years Left to right: County Legislator Christopher Johnson; Community Liaison for Andrea Stewart-Cousins office Symra Brandon; Mulford Corp. Board Member John Liszewski; Congressman Jamaal Bowman; City Council President Lakisha Collins-Bellamy; MHACY President & [...]

By |2022-12-20T12:21:35-05:00August 2nd, 2022|News|Comments Off on Lottery Held for Yonkers Residents Seeking Affordable Housing Vouchers

Nearly 15,000 Families Apply for Chance to Get on Yonkers Municipal Housing Authority Waiting List for Affordable Housing

Lottery to be held August 2 and 3 for spots on the list which has not been open for more than 10 years YONKERS, NY (July 21, 2022) – Underscoring the desperate need for affordable housing in Westchester, 14,500 families have applied over the past two weeks for highly coveted spots on a Yonkers [...]

By |2022-12-20T12:13:41-05:00July 21st, 2022|News|Comments Off on Nearly 15,000 Families Apply for Chance to Get on Yonkers Municipal Housing Authority Waiting List for Affordable Housing

MHACY Raises $3,000 for Relay for Life

MHACY recently raised $3,000 for the American Cancer Society at the Relay for Life event June 3rd at Gorton High School in Yonkers.  The MHACY team set up a tent and had games for anyone to come play and gave out small prizes for children.  Prior to the event, they sold T-Shirts and cookies [...]

By |2022-07-12T12:23:02-04:00July 12th, 2022|News|Comments Off on MHACY Raises $3,000 for Relay for Life

MHACY and Groundwork Hudson Valley Present at CLPHA Conference

MHACY President and CEO Wilson Kimball recently gave a presentation on MHACY’s Climate Resiliency Partnership with Groundwork Hudson Valley at the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities’ summer conference in Washington D.C. Kimball and Brigitte Griswold, Executive Director of Groundwork Hudson Valley, attended the conference along with Marsha L. Fudge Secretary of US Department of Housing and Urban Development [...]

By |2022-07-12T12:21:49-04:00July 12th, 2022|News|Comments Off on MHACY and Groundwork Hudson Valley Present at CLPHA Conference

MHACY Holds Housing Choice (Section 8) Voucher Lottery August 2-3

For the first time in more than 10 years, The Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers has opened its waiting list for Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) for affordable housing. MHACY is seeking to add 3,000 people to its waiting list for affordable housing vouchers. The vouchers are provided through the U.S. [...]

By |2022-07-12T12:21:20-04:00July 12th, 2022|News|Comments Off on MHACY Holds Housing Choice (Section 8) Voucher Lottery August 2-3

MHACY Partnership with Westhab will help to Preserve Affordable Housing in Yonkers

Municipal Housing Authority is using Section 8 Vouchers to Expand and Preserve Affordable Housing YONKERS, NY (June 18, 2020) – Low income residents will be able to stay in their affordable housing units thanks to a new partnership between The Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY) and Westhab. MHACY is working [...]

By |2022-12-20T12:14:52-05:00June 18th, 2022|News|Comments Off on MHACY Partnership with Westhab will help to Preserve Affordable Housing in Yonkers

Bank of America, Bezos Earth Fund, and New York State Invest nearly $2 Million in Southwest Yonkers Climate Resiliency Initiative

June 8, 2022, Yonkers, NY – Bank of America, Bezos Earth Fund, and New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation all made a major commitment to alleviating climate risks in the Hudson Valley region by sponsoring a neighborhood-centered, solution-based climate resiliency initiative in the environmental justice community of Southwest Yonkers. This marks a historic series [...]

By |2022-06-13T16:32:24-04:00June 8th, 2022|News|Comments Off on Bank of America, Bezos Earth Fund, and New York State Invest nearly $2 Million in Southwest Yonkers Climate Resiliency Initiative

Bank of America, Bezos Earth Fund, and New York State Invest nearly $2 Million in Southwest Yonkers Climate Resiliency Initiative

June 8th, 2022, Yonkers, NY – The Bank of America Foundation, Bezos Earth Fund, and New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation all made a major commitment to alleviating climate risks in the Hudson Valley region by sponsoring a neighborhood-centered, solution-based climate resiliency initiative in the environmental justice community of Southwest Yonkers. This marks a [...]

By |2022-12-20T13:39:34-05:00June 8th, 2022|News|Comments Off on Bank of America, Bezos Earth Fund, and New York State Invest nearly $2 Million in Southwest Yonkers Climate Resiliency Initiative

Yonkers Municipal Housing Authority Declares Juneteenth a Holiday

Following the City of Yonkers MHACY will add Juneteenth “Emancipation Day” to its calendar of official holidays YONKERS, NY (May 3, 2022) – Following the City of Yonkers and cities and states across the country, the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers will recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday. Juneteenth, which commemorates [...]

By |2022-06-13T16:24:25-04:00May 3rd, 2022|News|Comments Off on Yonkers Municipal Housing Authority Declares Juneteenth a Holiday

Kinship Families Receive Local Preference for Affordable Municipal Housing in Yonkers

Family Service Society of Yonkers to Facilitate Placement Family Service Society of Yonkers (FSSY) is partnering with Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY) in a joint mission to assist kinship families seeking affordable housing.  In this cooperative effort, kinship families (headed by grandparents raising children in the absence of their biological [...]

By |2022-06-13T16:27:25-04:00April 9th, 2022|News|Comments Off on Kinship Families Receive Local Preference for Affordable Municipal Housing in Yonkers
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