The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the largest public housing authority in North America and the largest landlord in New York City. Our primary focus is providing quality, affordable housing to low- and moderate-income New Yorkers. In tandem with our investments to preserve and upgrade the public housing stock, we are also committed to providing programs and services that enrich the lives of our residents and offer opportunities through our network of over 400 community facilities throughout New York City.

NYCHA has grown tremendously since the opening of First Houses in 1935 and we now manage nearly 180,000 apartments in our 343 housing developments. Today we are proud to provide safe, secure, decent and affordable housing to about 408,000 New Yorkers in what is widely considered the best public housing in the nation. Additionally, NYCHA administers the Federal Housing Choice Voucher program, known as Section 8, in which we distribute about 82,000 vouchers so that approximately 270,000 residents are able to pay affordable rents in privately-owned housing.

Driving all of our building and program initiatives are the people who keep NYCHA running, our 13,500 dedicated employees, almost a third of whom are NYCHA residents.

I invite you to explore our website and learn more about NYCHA. Our new Development Guide (GIS Interactive Mapping tool) provides detailed information about each housing development and other city services in the surrounding neighborhood. The Residents’ Corner is your directory to the programs, services and resources available to NYCHA residents. In the About NYCHA section you’ll see our organization’s structure, financial information, and our rich history. I hope you find our website useful and informative.