The Emergency Housing Voucher program is ending years ahead of schedule, forcing housing agencies to find new ways to support roughly 70,000 households nationwide.
Changes to federal funding are forcing the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program to end years earlier than previously thought, putting tens of thousands of families across the country at risk of losing their housing, report Olivia Holloway and Tom Eschen for CBS 6 Albany.
The program is part of the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act and was designed to last until 2030. It offers housing vouchers to people at immediate risk of homelessness or who have experienced domestic violence and supports roughly 70,000 families, including 9,000 in New York.
According to the article, "The department warned public housing authorities last June to start transitioning recipients to housing choice vouchers – an alternative that some worry will not be enough." The Trump administration has also blocked funding to programs that could have served as transitional supports, such as Section 8.
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