“Even though the funding is on pause, the legal protections remain for folks."

Communities across New York are strategizing ways to keep residents in quality housing. In Broome County, that effort has taken the form of a housing trust fund.

Heating equipment is the second-largest cause of home fires nationally. They tend to occur in winter as people try to get the chill out of their homes.

So far, neither the Biden administration nor leaders in Congress have said that they plan to send more rent relief funding to New York.

Protesters rallying against the end of New York’s eviction moratorium blocked one of the entrances to the State Capitol as Gov. Kathy Hochul confirmed that the tenant protection law will expire on Jan. 15.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporters Friday that she has not yet determined whether the state will extend the soon-to-expire eviction moratorium. Some housing advocates are disappointed the governor failed to address the moratorium in her State of the State agenda.

"We are going to be urging in some cases that things go a little bit stronger and faster. But this is a really exciting start.”

The Binghamton City Council voted Tuesday to earmark $3 million for renovations at the Town and Country Apartments, which serves low-income residents on the city's North Side. But the decision has faced pushback.

The housing market in Schuyler County is hot. Land investment firms pay cash for land in mostly rural places. But some are worried residents could be taken advantage of.

The YWCA of Binghamton and Broome County is expanding its footprint. The organization plans to build a new child care facility and affordable housing complex over roughly five acres downtown.