Under the Governor’s leadership, HCR established a new Fair and Equitable Housing Office (FEHO) in January 2015.
FEHO Mission
Our mission is to ensure New Yorkers have an equal opportunity to live in housing they desire and can afford regardless of race, color, familial status, religion, sex, disabilities, national origin, marital status, age, gender identity or expression and sexual orientation.
- The office is committed to removing barriers to fair housing at the state level and to affirmatively further fair housing.
- FEHO looks at how HCR’s public investments affect the larger housing market and works to engage our partners to ensure affordable housing is available in all areas of the State.
- FEHO provides education and outreach.
- FEHO oversees Section 3 compliance of grantees/subgrantees to ensure that economic opportunities generated by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) financial assistance are, to the greatest extent feasible, directed to low- and very low- income persons.
