Q&A
NYCHA's pre-eviction and eviction process for nonpayment cases
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Council Member Chris Banks inquires about NYCHA's pre-eviction and eviction process for nonpayment cases. Hannah Roth, Vice President for Legal Affairs at NYCHA, explains the steps taken before and during the eviction process, emphasizing that eviction is a last resort.
- NYCHA conducts outreach, including door knocks and phone calls, before pursuing eviction.
- The eviction process involves a series of notices, including a 30-day notice and filing in housing court.
- Universal right to counsel has been helpful in assisting tenants with rent adjustments and connecting them to rental assistance programs.
Chris Banks
0:51:43
Thank you, council member.
0:51:47
We're gonna go back to Nitro, and then we'll come back to some questions on Rad Pak.
0:51:57
Can you tell us about NICE is a pre eviction and eviction process in relation to nonpayment cases.
Hannah Roth
0:52:06
Sure.
0:52:06
As Eva described, before we get to an eviction case, that's always our last resort.
0:52:12
Our property staff does outreach, door knocks, phone calls, and all of those different resource connection attempts that you heard.
0:52:21
When it does get to an eviction proceeding, NICA and the PACED partners follow the same for law that's governed by city housing courts and state law.
0:52:31
So there's a series of notices that go out to tenants.
0:52:35
It starts with something that we now call a 30 day notice, and the local speaker sometimes called a 14 day notice.
0:52:41
That tells lets the resident know that we are about to file an eviction case against them.
0:52:46
After that, there's a petition and notice a petition which is filed in the housing court, and then the case proceeds from there.
0:52:53
What we see is a lot of times cases are resolved.
0:52:56
So getting that 30 day notice, the start of the eviction case, encourages tenants sometimes to come in, work with us.
0:53:02
There's also now the universal right to counsel, which we've seen has been really helpful for tenants to make sure that they're coming in and getting their rent adjusted if needed and working with NYCHA to clarify if there's any rent issues and to help connect our residents with different rental assistance programs also.
