Q&A
Council member inquires about apartment inspection process for CityFHEPS voucher recipients
1:17:33
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Council Member Diana Ayala questions Germaine Delaney about whether anyone from the shelter inspected her apartment before she moved in using a CityFHEPS voucher. Delaney reveals that no inspection took place and she was unaware that one should have been conducted.
- Delaney found the apartment through a local newspaper ad without shelter assistance
- She moved into the apartment without knowing about the inspection requirement
- The lack of inspection highlights potential gaps in the CityFHEPS voucher program's implementation
Diana Ayala
1:17:33
Did the city, did anybody from the shelter come with inspect your apartment before you moved in?
Germaine Delaney
1:17:40
No.
1:17:42
No.
1:17:42
I didn't know anything about that.
1:17:43
I thought, you know, I found this place of my own.
1:17:45
I saw just an ad in the local Queen's newspaper.
1:17:48
I found it.
1:17:50
I went to the, the place and, you know, know, I didn't really know if I was going to get it or not, and then the next thing I know, 3 months later or something like that, the shelter called me and said, oh, you got this apartment.
1:18:03
You know, because I had kind of given up, because, you know, I had the same situation.
1:18:07
I was looking for places and I'd kind of given up and I was kind of looking for other places.
1:18:11
So, I said, oh, okay, you know.
1:18:13
So, I went there.
1:18:14
No one, you know, they went down with me to 16th Street with someone from their management office, but I didn't know anything about they were supposed to do an inspection or whatever.
1:18:19
You know, it's my first time ever getting that.
1:18:20
So, I didn't know or whatever.
1:18:22
You know, it's my first time ever getting that.
1:18:25
So I didn't know anything about that.
1:18:27
Okay.
1:18:28
You
Diana Ayala
1:18:29
know?
1:18:29
So Appreciate it.
1:18:30
Thank you.
1:18:31
Thank you
Germaine Delaney
1:18:31
for your time.
Diana Ayala
1:18:32
Thank you.