NYC Voucher Households Are Concentrated in a Handful of Neighborhoods, Data Shows
CityFHEPS vouchers are supposed to give low-income New Yorkers more choice in where they live, but data shows that voucher holders are predominately renting in certain Bronx and Southeast Brooklyn neighborhoods. “There is no choice really. You just kind of have to take what you can get and you have to feel like a beggar and beggars can’t be choosers,” said Jasmine Smith, who spent seven months looking for an apartment where she could use her voucher.
