Q&A
Potential role of Public Housing Community Fund in addressing rent arrears
0:56:57
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Council Member Chris Banks inquires about the potential role of the Public Housing Community Fund in addressing rent arrears. Eva Trimble, Chief Operating Officer of NYCHA, discusses the fund's current focus and limitations.
- NYCHA has not had specific conversations with the fund about developing programs for rent arrears.
- The rent arrears problem is considered larger than the fund's current scope and fundraising efforts.
- The fund has been supporting economic opportunity programs, business development, and job programs.
- NYCHA sees partnering with the fund on workforce development programs as a key opportunity to help residents stabilize and pay rent.
Chris Banks
0:56:57
The public housing community for an aims to support NICA and its residents by raising private funds for programs focused on community health, financial empowerment, leadership development, and work training.
0:57:11
I have NICA and public housing Community Fund had any discussions about establishing a payment program to help tenants or who did not apply for the ewrap.
Eva Trimble
0:57:22
Thank you, council member.
0:57:24
I don't believe we've had conversations in regards to partnering with, you know, to to develop programming in regards to our rent arrears.
0:57:33
I'm not in every conversation with the fund, but we can find out and get back to you.
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0:57:36
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Chris Banks
0:57:37
mean, do you believe there is a role for the public housing community fund to help what the Nigeria is?
Eva Trimble
0:57:45
I think the arrears problem is is larger than the scope that they have right now in their fundraising efforts.
0:57:51
I think We've been partnering with them on a variety of opportunities.
0:57:56
So they've helped support some of our economic opportunity programs, business development and job programs.
0:58:04
And that's certainly a really powerful way to help residents stabilize and then in order to pay rent.
0:58:11
So focusing with them on those workforce development programs is a really key opportunity for us.
