AGENCY TESTIMONY
NYCHA's eviction rates and policies
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NYCHA maintains low eviction rates compared to other public housing authorities and the citywide average. Eviction is used as a last resort after exhausting all other options to resolve tenant issues.
- Only 2 evictions in 2022, 58 in 2023, and 174 as of September 1, 2024
- Eviction rate of 0.12% in the 2024 fiscal year, down from 0.3% in 2019
- Majority of evictions involve high arrears, averaging more than $15,000 in 2024
- Nearly 70,000 households (almost half) are in arrears, with an average of $6,915 owed
Eva Trimble
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As such, eviction rates at NICA are low.
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Substantially lower than at other public housing authorities and substantially lower than the city wide eviction rate.
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Eviction is always a measure of last resort.
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After we have exhausted all other ways resolved tenant issues, whether they are related to egregious cases of nonpayment, a rent or major violations of lease.
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After the nearly 2 year pandemic related eviction moratorium was lifted in January 2022, Nieta executed only 2 evictions in all of 2022, 58 in 2023, and 174 this year as of September 1.
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For context, Nieta evicted 556 House holds in 2019, a 0.3% eviction rate compared to the 0.12% eviction rate in the New York 2024 City fiscal year.
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The majority of evictions for for nonpayment of rent involved extremely higher arrears where the household owed tens of 1000 of dollars, an average of more than 15,000 in 2024.
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In most instances of rental arrears, we are able to work collaboratively with residents to resolve the matter with tenants paying their arrears and staying in their apartments as a result.
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Beyond evictions for nonpayment of rent, evictions may also occur because of a serious lease violation or when the resident is not authorized to live in an IT department.
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To give you a sense of how dire and pervasive the situation regarding arrears is, consider this.
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As of September 1, there are nearly 70,000 households in arrears, almost half of all households.
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And 20,000 of those are senior headed households.
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The average amount of rent arrears per household is 6915, representing an average of 14 months of arrears.
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20 percent of household to owe more than $10,000.
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The average rent build is 651, though the average rent collected is only 3.99.
