Housing Legal Services

NYC's One-Shot Deal Program offers rent payment assistance to those who qualify. You can apply for this one-time emergency assistance if you are having trouble paying rent due to an unexpected situation or event. Contact HRA's Infoline at (718) 557-1399 for more information about the One-Shot Deal.

If you receive Cash Assistance (also called Public Assistance), you may be eligible for help paying your back rent. You should go to your HRA Job Center and see the Homelessness Diversion Unit to discuss your situation.

Seniors who have received a Notice of Eviction or a written notice from their landlord can get eviction prevention assistance and legal referrals. Assistance is also available for seniors age 60 and older who are mentally or physically impaired. Call 311 to get eviction prevention assistance for mentally or physically impaired homebound seniors.

If the participant you're working with needs to connect with a housing attorney, there are a few different resources you can use, depending on what borough the participant has the issue in:

MFY Legal Services

FOR: Tenants in Manhattan and Brooklyn

Eviction Prevention / NYCHA Repairs / Housing-related Benefits / Rent Overcharges

Telephone Intake:

Wednesday and Friday: 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Call: 212-417-3888

FOR: Tenants in the Bronx

Eviction Prevention / NYCHA Repairs / Housing-related Benefits / Rent Overcharges

Telephone Intake: Thursday, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Call: 212-417-3889

http://www.mfy.org/get-help/

Legal Aid Society Civil Practice

• Harlem Community Law Offices

• 230 E. 106th Street

• New York, NY 10029

• Tel.: (212) 426-3000

• Office information and map »

• Home to: Community Development Project, HIV/AIDS Representation Project, Housing Development Unit, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic

• Lower Manhattan Neighborhood Office

• 199 Water Street

• New York, NY 10038

• Tel.: (212) 577-3300

• Fax: (212) 509-8761

• Office information and map »

• Manhattan Housing Court Project

• New York County Civil Courthouse

• 111 Centre Street, Room 106

• New York, NY 10013

• Tel.: (212) 577-3300

• Office information and map »

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (For BROOKLYN RESIDENTS ONLY)

• Call (718) 487-2300, during regular business hours (9:00am-5:00pm)

• Visit main office at 260 Broadway, Brooklyn NY 11211 (right off the Marcy Ave. J/M/Z subway stop), or our office at 610 Throop Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226 in Bedford-Stuyvesant during our regular business hours from 9:00am to 5:00pm to schedule an appointment.

Legal Services NYC - Manhattan Branch

Work to prevent evictions, preserve affordable housing, and ensure that our clients’ apartments are safe. Our work includes:

• Providing legal assistance, including advice, advocacy and aggressive litigation services, to prevent evictions in court and in administrative proceedings

• Helping to support tenant associations and tenant organizations and represent those organizations in litigation

• Preserving housing subsidies through both individual representation and cutting-edge litigation

• Obtaining needed repairs in buildings

• Providing training and education on tenants’ rights, and

• Helping to coordinate and provide training for housing advocates throughout the City.

Legal Assistance Hotline is open Monday through Friday from 10am to 4pm. Call 917-661-4500 to speak to an intake officer in any language.

NYLAG Tenants' Rights Unit serves tenants in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. Services include representation in court, advocacy before administrative agencies, negotiations over nonpayments, holdovers and other eviction proceedings in Housing Court, obtaining and preserving rent subsidies, bringing HP (repair) cases, and representing clients at administrative hearings, including NYCHA and Section 8 hearings.

In addition to its general housing practice, NY Legal Assistance Group also has targeted subprojects that specialize in providing these services to the following populations:

• Victims of Superstorm Sandy

• Veterans

• LGBTQ community members

• People with serious or chronic health issues

Civil legal issues: call 212.613.5000 Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

BronxWorks has several homelessness prevention programs designed to help low-income renters in emergency situations achieve housing stability and better lives. For most programs you do not need to be on welfare to get help. These services are free. Call the Single Stop hotline at (718) 731-3114 for immediate assistance, or go to one of our Walk-in offices.