The private companies that run dozens of New York City public housing campuses are evicting tenants at a much higher rate than the New York City Housing Authority, according to a report from the city comptroller’s office.
Auditors working for Comptroller Brad Lander found the eviction rate across roughly 16,000 NYCHA apartments run by private companies was more than double the rate in the rest of the public housing system during the last fiscal year, which ran from July 1, 2023 to June 30 of this year.
Auditors found the private companies evicted tenants from about one of every 200 apartments they run. In contrast, NYCHA evicted tenants from roughly one in every 866 apartments. Both numbers sat below the citywide eviction rate of about one in every 166 apartments.
The same private management companies started eviction proceedings against nearly one in 10 households living in those apartments during the 2023 calendar year, according to the report. Most of the cases were for nonpayment of rent and did not result in final evictions.