Genesis
Transitional Housing Ministries
Building Bridges is the brainchild of Genesis Transitional Housing Ministries
Incorporated -- a value faith-based program based in Queens, New York. Their main mission is to provide services for substance
abuse users, ex-offenders and homeless men and women. Their goals are to provide them with safe drug free transitional housing;
to stabilize employment; to provide them with easy access to ongoing treatment and support; to help them become self-sufficient
so that they can start a new life; and to help them fight their struggle with addiction and break the cycle of substance abuse
Genesis Transitional Housing Ministries, Inc. 195-12 Hollis Avenue St. Albans, New York 11412 (718)
217-6530
http://www.gthminc.com
Neighborhood Housing Services of Jamaica
Neighborhood Housing Services of Jamaica (NHS) is a not for profit community-based corporation that is
committed to revitalizing neighborhoods in southern Queens by offering counseling, technical and financial assistance to low
and moderate-income residents. NHS enables residents to upgrade and preserve their properties to improve the quality of community
life.
Neighborhood Housing Services Web Site
New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal - District
Rent Office
The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal
is responsible for the supervision, maintenance and development of affordable low- and moderate-income housing in New York
State. The Division performs a number of activities in fulfillment of this mission, including:
Community Development
- Administration of housing development and community preservation programs, including State and Federal grants and loans
to housing developers to partially finance construction or renovation of affordable housing;
Housing Operations
- Oversite and regulation of the State's public and publicly assisted rental housing; and,
Rent Administration
- Administration of the rent regulation process for more than one million rent-regulated apartments in both New York City,
and those localities in the counties of Albany, Erie, Nassau, Rockland, Schenectady, Rensselaer and Westchester subject to
rent laws.
The Queens Borough and District Rent Office provides information and assistance to tenants and owners
of rent controlled and rent stabilized apartments. Tenants can request registered rent histories of their apartment as well
as information about cases that may affect their rent. In addition, they can access fact sheets and forms on many topics including
rent overcharges, leases, services and security deposits. Owners can request registered rent rolls for the building, case
information and related copies of orders. They can also receive technical assistance in completing rent registration forms
and applications pertaining to major capital improvements, rent restoration, and Rent Control- fuel and MBR reports.
Queens Borough and District Rent Office Gertz Plaza 92-31 Union Hall Street Jamaica, New York 11433 Phone:
(718) 739-6400
New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal
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