We Are Champions For Homeowners in New York State
Our mission is to promote and protect affordable homeownership in New York so that middle – and working-class families are able to build strong, thriving communities. Here's how we help:
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We know it can sometimes be tough to be a homeowner.
If you are at risk of missing mortgage payments or need to learn about how to protect your investment in your family's future, we may be able to help.
About Us
We promote and protect affordable homeownership. Learn how the Center meets the diverse needs of homeowners throughout New York State.
Our History
In 2008, the leadership of New York City and private foundations created the Center to meet the challenge of the Great Recession's foreclosure crisis.
Publications
CNYCN Executive Director @ChristiePeale statement on @NYGovCuomo's plan to expand homeownership in historically redlined communities in New York and address the #racialwealthgap https://t.co/shoGNq6US3
What if the community was the key to reentry? #HousingBreakthrough winner @ImpactJustice
#OhioTransformationFund and @etcnyorg share #communityreentry innovations on
@EnterpriseNow’s Jan. 27 webinar, Justice Housing: Coming Home to Community.
Register:
https://t.co/3YTA7lnHR9 https://t.co/q5q0w2Qhka
We're thrilled to see a proposed plan to address the #RacialWealthGap and expand homeownership to underserved communities, with more community-based lenders and increased down payment assistance. Thanks to @NYGovCuomo for putting NY homeowners first!
https://t.co/Uisdn1vO3w
Our senior PM Leo Goldberg testifies to @NYCCouncil on importance of ensuring permanent affordability in low income communities, as we prepare for a wave of foreclosures with homeowners exiting forbearance & property flippers targeting small homeowners #CommunityLandTrusts https://t.co/0QdjvyZ7Hf
While Biden's plan for COVID-19 relief is promising, it falls short for homeowners behind on mortgage payments, including homeowners of color at risk of losing their homes. Homeowners need immediate relief - or we could expect another foreclosure crisis
https://t.co/p2ynGLrzqW
“Martin Luther King Jr.‘s mission was to bring an end to the discriminatory housing practices that forced many Black Chicagoans to live in terrible conditions.” #MLKDay2021 https://t.co/tOAfJAAbNm
Center for NYC Neighborhoods
Since 2008, the Center for NYC Neighborhoods has been committed to promoting and preserving affordable homeownership for New Yorkers. Established by public and private partners as a local response to the national mortgage crisis, the Center meets the diverse needs of homeowners throughout the City’s five boroughs.
The Center and its Network Partners offer high-quality housing counseling and legal services free of charge to New York homeowners.
The Center is a 501(c) (3) charitable organization launched with support from the City of New York, non-profit organizations, financial institutions, and private foundations.
You can reach the Center by calling 311 or dialing direct at 646-786-0888.
Why We Need A Homeowner Assistance Fund - Center for NYC Neighborhoods
A Homeowner Assistance Fund is urgently needed to stabilize communities that are facing financial hardships due to the economic fallout from COVID-19.
cnycn.org
Five Housing Outcomes That Could Promote Long-Term Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic
How can households advance beyond the inequitable, prepandemic status quo?
urban.org
New York landlords fear that eviction moratorium will lead them to foreclosure
The COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 is preventing residential evictions related to pandemic hardships, but several landlords say it offers them no protection. “If the tenant gets 12 months or more behind and doesn’t pay the landlord and if the landlord....
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