Resources

This document describes Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program, contracts and abatement (refusal to pay).

This document describes eviction process, including warrants of eviction, 14-day notice, and tenants’ rights regarding their possessions in an eviction proceeding.

This document explains what a warranty of habitability is and how tenants who experience conditions in their home that threaten their health and safety may use it as a defense in an eviction proceeding or how they can bring their own action to have a warranty of habitability hearing.

This document explains what happens when someone is behind on rent and how eviction proceedings work in New York. It also provides a list of phone numbers for local agency resources.

This document provides information for people facing evictions or loss of housing for other reasons and what emergency options exist in the Western New York area. Included is a list of shelters and information on the application process. regarding emergency housing issues and options someone facing eviction may have.