The Family Eviction Prevention Supplement was created by the New York City Human Resources Administration in May 2005 as a program to help prevent evictions of families on welfare shelter.
It provides additional housing assistance to Cash Assistance (CA) eligible families with children, above and beyond the CA shelter amount.
Applicants/participants with a court proceeding concerning the nonpayment of rent can apply for FEPS through a New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) authorized community-based organization (CBO), the Legal Aid Society or a Legal Services preparer, thereby avoiding homelessness.
Candidates must:[2] FEPS pays arrears up to $7000 and monthly rent payments for up to five years.
The maximum rent that FEPS will pay to a household is as follows:[3][4] Under the old rules, if one member of the household was sanctioned, the entire household lost its FEPS benefits for the period of the sanction.