Governor Hochul Announces More Than $86 Million Awarded to Create and Preserve 513 Units of Supportive, Emergency, and Transitional Housing Across New York State

State Funding Will Create 479 Units and 665 Beds of Permanent Supportive Housing and Create and Preserve 34 Units and 130 Beds of Emergency and Transitional Housing in Chenango, Cortland, Dutchess, Erie, Monroe, Oneida, Orange, Ulster, and Bronx Counties

Combination of Housing with On-Site Support Services to Assist Formerly Homeless Veterans, Domestic Violence Survivors, and Individuals Living with Serious Mental Illness and/or Substance Use Disorders and Their Families

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that more than $86 million has been awarded to 11 projects across New York State that will create 479 units and 665 beds of permanent supportive housing and create and preserve 34 units and 130 beds of emergency and transitional housing for families and individuals who have experienced homelessness. Projects awarded funding will create or preserve housing in Chenango, Cortland, Dutchess, Erie, Monroe, Oneida, Orange, Ulster, and Bronx Counties.

“Expanding New York’s supply of permanent affordable housing with easy access to support services is a top priority of my administration,” Governor Hochul said. “When completed, these diverse projects across New York State will provide vulnerable New Yorkers, including homeless veterans and survivors of domestic violence, with safe, stable homes and the services and support necessary to help them overcome their circumstances and break the cycle of homelessness.”

The grants awarded through a competitive process by the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance’s Homeless Housing and Assistance Program are an important component of Governor Hochul's $25 billion comprehensive Housing Plan that will help create or preserve 100,000 affordable homes across New York State, including 10,000 with support services for vulnerable populations.

New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance Acting Commissioner Barbara C. Guinn said, “We are grateful for Governor Hochul’s longstanding commitment to increasing the supply of much-needed permanent supportive housing across New York State and for recognizing the power of supportive housing to transform the lives of families and individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness. When completed, this group of projects, funded through OTDA’s Homeless Housing and Assistance Program, will provide housing security and targeted on-site support services to hundreds of vulnerable New Yorkers.”

With these latest awards, HHAP has committed the full $128 million in funding provided in the FY 2024 Budget and more than $50 million of the $128 million in funding included in the FY Enacted 2025 Budget.

Organization	County	Amount
Catholic Charities of Chenango	Chenango County	$2 million
Dutchess County Department of Social Services	Dutchess County	$13 million
Cortland Housing Assistance Council	Cortland County	$2 million
Rochester Housing Authority	Monroe County	$4.5 million
WellLife Network, Inc.	Bronx County	$9.9 million
Regional Economic Community Action Program, Inc.	Orange County	$4.9 million
Samaritan Daytop Village, Inc.	Bronx County	$15 million
Unique People Services, Inc.	Bronx County	$10 million
The Utica Center for Development, Inc.	Oneida County	$10 million
RUPCO, Inc.	Ulster County	$15 million
Friends of Little Portion Friary	Erie County	$150,000*

*Emergency shelter repairs.