"During my re-election campaign I pledged that city government would combine all of its existing data on available housing into a comprehensive website that will also include information on legal services, assistance for building owners and information on city services for tenants," said Mayor Bloomberg. "The online Affordable Housing Resource Center fulfills that promise. In the same way that 311 brings together comprehensive information on city services through one telephone number, this website will provide New Yorkers with a single point of entry to affordable housing information."
Twelve city agencies worked together to combine key elements of the city's existing housing data into a comprehensive portal on the city's main website. In addition to current lotteries of housing financed through city programs, this Affordable Housing Resource Center provides information on the following:
- Apartment and house hunting tips
- Downpayment assistance
- Public housing
- Emergency housing assistance
- Federal rental assistance
- Repairs and maintenance
- Tenants' rights
- Foreclosure prevention
- Housing for people with special needs,and
- Mayoral announcements on housing
