HOUSING INFORMATION AND REFERRAL
In partnership with NYS DHCR and NYC HPD, CLOTH offers housing
information and referral to tenants on the following topics:
• Section 8 Vouchers
• Forming Tenant Associations
• Rental Assistance Programs
• Home Energy Assistance Program
• Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption Program
Contact CLOTH at 212.795.4779 and ask for more information.
CLOTH also works in partnership with the New York City HPD Division
of Anti-Abandonment to help landlords maintain and improve their properties.
CLOTH can help landlords:
• Remove City Violations
• Enter into Voluntary Repair Agreements with the City
• Access City Loan Programs for Repair and Renovations
• Get Information on Energy Savings and Weatherization Programs
Contact CLOTH at 212.795.4779 and ask for the NPC program.
COUNSELING SERVICES
Social workers from the Center for Urban Community Services
and the Single Stop program are located at CLOTH’s offices at 500 West
159th street. Free, friendly, confidential, one-on-one program services and
counseling is available from the Single Stop counselors. Counselors help community
residents solve problems by providing:
• Free benefits counseling to help individuals and families
tap every public program for which they qualify, including public assistance,
food stamps, Medicaid, housing, healthcare, school lunch, heating assistance
and social security disability (SSI).
• Free financial counseling to help individuals and families
open a bank account; solve debt, credit and budget problems; and save and plan
for their future.
• Free legal counseling covering a wide range of civil
problems—including housing evictions, immigration, custody battles, and
advice on setting up and maintaining small businesses.
• Free tax counseling and referrals (between January and April) to help
low-paid workers file their forms and claim tax refunds from the federal and
state governments. If an individual worked at all in the last three years, he
or she may be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, up to $5,000 cash back
per year!
Who qualifies for referrals: Adults who
worked in 2006; Income eligibility, Single Adults: $20,000 or
less and Adults with children: $40,000 or less. Dont be one of
the 3.5 to 7 million households who leave tax dollars unclaimed!
• Free on-site referrals to family support services for
a wide range of problems, including domestic violence, mental-health care, homelessness,
food, foster-care placement and substance abuse.
Contact CLOTH’s Single Stop counselors at 212.740.2368 or 212.740.2171
for more information.