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Board Spotlight: Beth Sorce

Get to know our board member (and former UHABer!) Beth Sorce

Watch: Community Land Trusts and Housing Co-ops

See our webinar on the connections between community land trusts and limited-equity co-ops.

Board Spotlight: Alison Powers

Get to know our board member and former staffer Alison Powers!

HDFC Co-op Shareholders are Eligible for COVID Relief

The Homeowner Assistance Fund is open for applications.

UHAB’s Oral History Project

Everyone has a story to tell.

Invest In Our Communities

Click here to make a donation to UHAB Almost half of New York City’s tenants spend an unsustainable portion of their income on rent. For decades, UHAB has created permanently…

“Ain’t nowhere else to go once you come here”

2178 Atlantic Avenue HDFC’s extraordinary fight to regain their building

Celebrating Black History Month

This month, join us in celebrating Black Amercians’ monumental contributions to cooperative economics and the housing movement.

Bronx Tenants Take Steps Towards Homeownership in Historic Purchase

RAIN DATE: Join us on March 4th to celebrate

UHAB Supports the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA)

This is our chance to bring more housing into community control and stop speculators from taking over our neighborhoods. Get involved and fight to pass TOPA in 2022!

Fire Safety Resources

Check out these resources on fire safety for your co-op.

HDFC Co-ops Commit to Climate Action

Residents of eight (8) affordable housing co-ops have signed onto the Climate Action Pledge.

UHAB Participates in the Morgan Stanley 2022 Strategy Challenge

This year, UHAB had the honor of participating in the Morgan Stanley 2022 Strategy Challenge, a program that focuses on challenges that have a meaningful impact on an organization’s ability to deliver on its mission.

UHAB Executive Director Search

Earlier this year, UHAB’s Executive Director Andrew Reicher announced to our board and staff that he intends to retire in January 2023. We are so grateful for Andy’s leadership,…

New Report: Fiscal Year 2022

See what we were up to in Fiscal Year 2022.

In Memoriam: Remembering Cheryl Tidwell

It is with immense grief and sadness that we share that Cheryl Tidwell, a UHAB employee for almost 30 years, passed away this August.

New Labor Laws: What to Know For Your HDFC

Information for FLIP members

Margy Brown Announced as New Executive Director of The Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB)

It is our pleasure to announce that Margy Brown has joined UHAB as our new Executive Director.

Tenants Will Win Quality Repairs with New Defense Fund

UPDATE: In April 2023, 1616 President St won a comprehensive repair plan! The Rent Impairing Violations Defense and Defense Fund played a vital role in this victory by delaying…

The 2023 HDFC Management Calendar is Here!

Check out this year’s HDFC management calendar for important deadlines and reminders for your HDFC co-op.

FLIP Updates

FLIP Community Meetings In March, UHAB and Arthur J. Gallagher, the broker for the FLIP program, held two community meetings to address your questions and concerns about this year’s…

WATCH: Seabury Co-op Revitalized

UHAB worked with partners to protect this 50 year old affordable co-op from collapse.

New Report: Breaking the Cycle of Distress

In our new report, we explore progress, lessons learned, and case studies from our second year of the Co-op Improvement Program: our initiative to stabilize at-risk affordable housing cooperatives.

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