FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 22, 2026
Contact: Liam Horan, [email protected] | 646-939-1263
NEW YORK, NY – Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal submitted public comment to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he condemned the Trump administration’s cruel and shortsighted Proposed Rule to strip mixed-status immigrant families from access to subsidized housing assistance.
If enacted, the Trump administration’s Proposed Rule will force families to make the impossible choice between remaining in publicly subsidized housing by removing an undocumented family member, or homelessness. At the same time, the Proposed Rule would displace U.S. citizen children from stable homes, force private landlords to serve as mandatory federal immigration informants, and impose billions of dollars in new costs on New York City with no federal reimbursement.
Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal said: “The Trump administration’s cruelty towards immigrant families and children knows no bounds. This Proposed Rule must be withdrawn in its entirety, as over 11,000 New Yorkers, a quarter of whom are Manhattanites, would face forcible displacement. I demand the Trump administration rescind this callous and fiscally reckless proposal, which would force mixed-status immigrant families onto the street and worsen New York’s affordability and homelessness crisis.”
Manhattan Borough President Hoylman-Sigal also urged Community Board Chairs, City Councilmembers, and State Legislators to submit public comment in opposition to HUD’s Proposed Rule.
Background on Proposed Rule FR-6524-P-01
Under Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 and HUD’s implementing regulations at 24 C.F.R. Part 5, Subpart E, federal housing assistance, including public housing and Section 8 vouchers, is limited to U.S. citizens and certain eligible non-citizens. However, mixed-status families—households that include both eligible and ineligible members—may live together in subsidized housing through a mechanism called prorated assistance.
The Proposed Rule would dismantle this framework in four important ways. First, households currently receiving prorated assistance with an ineligible member in the residence would lose assistance entirely. Second, the “do not contend” option would be eliminated, requiring every member to prove status through the USCIS SAVE system. Third, private Section 8 landlords, for the first time, would be mandated to report unlawfully present household members to DHS. Fourth, the Proposed Rule removes the existing definition of “other affordable housing”, which strips away the substantive standard that currently limits when a deferral period can end.
Manhattan NYCHA Developments Impacted
BARUCH
BARUCH HOUSES ADDITION
CAMPOS PLAZA II
FIRST HOUSES
LAVANBURG HOMES
LOWER EAST SIDE II
LOWER EAST SIDE III
LOWER EAST SIDE REHAB (GROUP 5)
RIIS
RIIS II
344 EAST 28TH STREET
STRAUS
AUDUBON
HARLEM RIVER
HARLEM RIVER II
POLO GROUNDS TOWERS
RANGEL
SAMUEL (MHOP) III
BETHUNE GARDENS
FORT WASHINGTON AVENUE REHAB
MARSHALL PLAZA
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS REHAB PHASE III (HARLEM RIVER)
JOHNSON
MORRIS PARK SENIOR CITIZENS HOME
PARK AVENUE-EAST 122ND, 123RD STREETS
ROBINSON
TAFT
UPACA (SITE 5)
UPACA (SITE 6)
335 EAST 111TH STREET
CARVER
CLINTON
CORSI HOUSES
EAST RIVER
HOLMES TOWERS
ISAACS
JEFFERSON
LEHMAN VILLAGE
LEXINGTON
METRO NORTH PLAZA
WAGNER
WASHINGTON
WHITE
WILSON
45 ALLEN STREET
BRACETTI PLAZA
GOMPERS
HERNANDEZ
LA GUARDIA
LA GUARDIA ADDITION
LOWER EAST SIDE I INFILL
MELTZER TOWER
RUTGERS
SEWARD PARK EXTENSION
SMITH
STANTON STREET
TWO BRIDGES URA (SITE 7)
VLADECK
VLADECK II
WALD
131 SAINT NICHOLAS AVENUE
DREW-HAMILTON
GRAMPION
KING TOWERS
LINCOLN
MANHATTANVILLE
MANHATTANVILLE REHAB (GROUP 2)
MANHATTANVILLE REHAB (GROUP 3)
PUBLIC SCHOOL 139 (CONVERSION)
REHAB PROGRAM (TAFT REHABS)
SAINT NICHOLAS
SAMUEL (MHOP) I
SAMUEL (MHOP) II
SAMUEL (CITY)
AMSTERDAM
AMSTERDAM ADDITION
HARBORVIEW TERRACE
DYCKMAN
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS REHAB (GROUPS 1&2)
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS REHAB PHASE III (FORT WASHINGTON)
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS REHAB PHASE IV (C)
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS REHAB PHASE IV (D)
154 WEST 84TH STREET
DE HOSTOS APARTMENTS
REHAB PROGRAM (WISE REHAB)
THOMAS APARTMENTS
WISE TOWERS
WSUR (BROWNSTONES)
WSUR (SITE A) 120 WEST 94TH STREET
WSUR (SITE B) 74 WEST 92ND STREET
WSUR (SITE C) 589 AMSTERDAM AVENUE
830 AMSTERDAM AVENUE
DOUGLASS ADDITION
DOUGLASS I
DOUGLASS II
GRANT
REHAB PROGRAM (DOUGLASS REHABS)
ROBBINS PLAZA
CHELSEA
CHELSEA ADDITION
ELLIOTT
FULTON
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