Partners & Coalitions

We address New York’s most complex homeownership challenges by uniting the stakeholders best equipped to solve them, including service providers, funders, government, policymakers, and others. Through a comprehensive understanding of the homeownership landscape, our strategic multi-sector network delivers big picture solutions that support homeowners and drive systemic change.

Partners serving every neighborhood in New York

Solving New York’s housing crisis and supporting homeowners requires strategic collaboration across a network of public and private partners. Together, we are advancing more affordable, equitable, and resilient homeownership through scalable local housing solutions and integrated services.

New York State partner map

In partnership with the Empire Justice Center, the Center for NY Homeownership funds, trains, and supports more than 100 partners that provide services to New York homeowners through the Homeowner Protection Program, including:

  • Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
  • Nassau County Bar Association
  • Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
  • Affordable Housing Partnership
  • Orange County Rural Development Advisory Corp
  • Long Island Housing Services Inc.
  • Central Islip Civic Council
  • Fulton Community Development Agency

Our New York State Partners

  • AAFE Community Development Fund Inc.
  • Access Justice Brooklyn
  • Accord Corporation
  • Affordable Housing Partnership
  • Albany County Rural Housing Alliance
  • American Debt Resources Inc
  • Arbor Housing and Development
  • Belmont Housing Resources for WNY
  • Better Community Neighborhoods Inc.
  • Bronx Legal Services
  • Brooklyn Legal Services
  • Brooklyn Neighborhood Services
  • Buffalo Urban League
  • Build Up Justice NYC
  • CAMBA
  • Catholic Charities of Chemung and Schuyler Counties
  • Center for Elder Law and Justice
  • Central Islip Civic Council
  • Chautauqua Opportunities Inc.
  • Chhaya Community Development Corporation
  • City Bar Justice Center
  • Community Development Corporation of Long Island
  • Community Housing Innovations
  • Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Rochester
  • Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
  • Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk Inc
  • Empire Justice Center -Rochester Office
  • Franklin County Community Housing Council Inc.
  • Friends of the North Country Inc.
  • Fulton Community Development Agency
  • Galvan Housing Resources Inc.
  • Grow Brooklyn Inc. (Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union)
  • Hiscock Legal Aid Society
  • Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Center
  • Housing and Family Services of Greater New York Inc.
  • Housing Assistance Program of Essex County
  • Housing Help Inc.
  • Hudson River Housing
  • Human Development Services of Westchester
    IMPACCT Brooklyn
  • JASA – Legal Services for the Elderly in Queens
  • Keuka Housing Council Inc.
  • La Fuerza Unida Inc
  • Labor and Industry For Education
  • Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
  • Legal Aid Society of Mid New York -Binghamton Office
  • Legal Aid Society of Mid New York -Oneonta Office
  • Legal Aid Society of Mid New York -Utica Office
  • Legal Aid Society of Mid New York -Watertown Office
  • Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York -Albany Office
  • Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York -Amsterdam Office
  • Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York -Canton Office
  • Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York -Plattsburg Office
  • Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York -Saratoga Office
  • Legal Aid Society of Rockland County
  • Legal Aid Society- Bronx
  • Legal Aid Society- Queens
  • Legal Assistance of Western New York -Bath Office
  • Legal Assistance of Western New York -Elmira Office
  • Legal Assistance of Western New York -Geneva Office
  • Legal Assistance of Western New York -Ithaca Office
  • Legal Assistance of Western New York -Jamestown Office
  • Legal Assistance of Western New York -Olean Office
  • Legal Services of Long Island -Hempstead Office
  • Legal Services of Long Island -Islandia Office
  • Legal Services of Long Island -Riverhead Office
  • Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
  • Long Island Housing Partnership
  • Long Island Housing Services Inc.
  • Margert Community Corporation
  • Metro Interfaith Housing Management Corp.
  • Mobilization for Justice
  • Mutual Housing Association of New York Management Inc.
  • Nassau County Bar Association
  • Neighborhood Housing Services – Jamaica
  • Neighborhood Housing Services – New York City
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of Queens
  • Neighborhoods for a Sustainable Future
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors
  • New York Legal Assistance Group
  • Northeast Hawley Development Association Inc
  • Northfield Community Local Development Corporation of Staten Island
  • Orange County Rural Development Advisory Corp.
  • Parachute Credit Counseling Inc.
  • Putnam County Housing Corporation
  • Queens Legal Services
  • Queens Volunteer Lawyers Project Inc.
  • Rockland Housing Action Coalition Inc.
  • SafeGuard Credit Counseling Inc.
  • Staten Island Legal Services
  • The Bronx Neighborhood Housing Services
  • The Housing Council at Pathstone
  • The Legal Project
  • Touro Law Center
  • Troy Rehabilitation Improvement Program
  • UNHS NeighborWorks Homeownership Center
  • United Tenants of Albany
  • West Side Neighborhood Housing Services
  • Westchester Residential Opportunities Inc.
  • Western Catskills Community Revitalization Council
  • Western New York Law Center

Contact us if you are interested in working with us statewide.

Coalitions championing a shared mission

The Center participates in several advocacy coalitions dedicated to advancing and protecting affordable homeownership in New York and beyond. Learn more about the path ahead in our Strategic Plan.

  • Abolish the Tax Lien Sale
  • Americans for Financial Reform
  • Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development
  • Basement Apartments Safe for Everyone (BASE)
  • Coalition for Affordable Homes
  • Coalition for Sustainable Flood Insurance
  • COPA/TOPA Coalition
  • End Toxic Home Flipping Coalition
  • Grounded Solutions Network
  • Homeownership Alliance National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST)
  • National Community Reinvestment Coalition
  • National Housing Resource Center
  • National Low Income Housing Coalition
  • New York Housing Conference
  • New York State CDFI Coalition
  • New Yorkers for Responsible Lending
  • NYC Community Land Initiative (NYCCLI)
  • Rise 2 Resilience Waterfront Alliance
  • Supportive Housing Network of New York
  • The Homeowner Protection Program Funding Campaign

Interested in collaborating on advocacy around affordable homeownership? Contact us

DATA & INSIGHTS

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