Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Urban Investigations

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Lunchroom Digest

City Studies

Lunchroom Digest

Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

Envisioning Development

Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

Social Security Risk Machine

Making Policy Public

Social Security Risk Machine

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?

Print Keep Your Family's Home

New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) provides a vital affordable housing option for low-income families in NYC. But there are a lot of rules NYCHA tenants must follow if they want to stay in their homes. If a family member wants to move in or if the leaseholder passes away or moves out, families have to go through confusing processes to obtain permission from NYCHA to stay in their homes. There are multiple steps, documents, and short deadlines that families have to navigate alone, often for the first time, and without the help of a lawyer. 

CUP collaborated with the Housing Court Answers and designer Boyeon Choi to create Keep Your Family’s Home, a guide that breaks down the steps to get permission for a family member to move in and the process to keep the family home if the head of household passes away or moves out. The booklet shows a series of scenarios, and gives answers to questions tenants might have when interacting with the NYCHA Office, along with the precise deadlines for both processes so tenants know how and when to move forward. 

Welcome to Health Care!

Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

The Deciders

City Studies

The Deciders

ICEbreaker

City Studies

ICEbreaker

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Public Access Design

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting