Carolina Tejeda’s monthly disability check is less than her rent. But she says she can stave off homelessness with a rental assistance voucher from the city.
A single mom facing eviction from her $1,254-a-month Bronx apartment is still fighting for rental assistance after a state judge sided with Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to block new measures expanding housing voucher access.
"I only need help to pay my part of the rent and protect the place for my daughter and me,” Tejeda told Gothamist. “Especially for my daughter, because she is too little to see people come and take things away from my apartment.” , according to the city’s most recent housing survey. In 2023, less than 1% of apartments priced below $2,400 a month were available to rent.
Stoddard Leatherberry said Tejeda’s situation also reflects the various hurdles to housing assistance for many New Yorkers in need.
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