Officials from the New York Apartment Association (NYAA) have said they have been informed by officials at NYCHA that Section 8 voucher payments will be delayed due to complications associated with the recent federal government shutdown.

They said NYCHA posted the following statement on its website: “Following notice from HUD that payments to Section 8 landlords would be delayed this month, NYCHA is assessing interim options and will distribute funding as soon as it becomes available from HUD.”

The statement continued, “NYCHA’s Section 8 payments to landlords are contingent on federal funding, with the Authority serving as a pass-through for Housing Assistance Payments (HAP). It is NYCHA’s standard procedure to pay its Section 8 landlords as soon as is reasonably practicable following it

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