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Evictions and homelessness concerns for residents refusing Section 8 leases
3:08:14
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Council Member Banks raises concerns about evictions and homelessness resulting from residents refusing to sign Section 8 leases. NYCHA officials respond to these inquiries.
- NYCHA officials state they don't have immediate information on evictions specifically related to lease refusals.
- Council Member Banks emphasizes the seriousness of evictions due to residents not wanting to sign Section 8 leases.
- NYCHA agrees to follow up with more detailed information on evictions related to lease refusals in RAD/PACT conversions.
Chris Banks
3:08:14
Well, do you have any numbers showing the amount of folks you've added to the homeless role?
Gillian Connell
3:08:20
Excuse me?
Chris Banks
3:08:20
I said do you have any numbers showing how many residents that chose to opt out of signing a section eight lease, those folks who have been evicted that you've added to the homeless role.
3:08:34
Do you have those numbers?
Gillian Connell
3:08:36
So we continue to work with residents who have who have not signed lease with the ultimate goal of having them sign a lease and have all of their rights retained.
Chris Banks
3:08:44
Are there any situations where residents have been evicted for not signing over to a section eight lease?
Gillian Connell
3:08:50
I don't have any information about that in front of me today.
Chris Banks
3:08:53
So, there's no reporting done?
3:08:55
I mean, that that to me is a serious move when any time a tenant is evicted from an apartment, especially because they don't want to sign over to a section eight lease.
3:09:07
So, you're saying you have no information on tenants being evicted, those tenants who have been evicted because they refused to sign a section eight lease?
Gillian Connell
3:09:16
We would have to follow-up.
Chris Banks
3:09:19
Yeah.
3:09:20
It would be good to get that information.
3:09:22
It would it would it would make sense that you should have that information readily available when there's been allegations there's been complaints and contention about the aggressive tactics being used by management companies and the the high rates of eviction in some of the RAD in the RAD PAC portfolio.