Legal Hand Bronx hosts housing voucher workshop

Joel Gil, housing services specialist from Neighbors Together, speaks to attendees about housing vouchers.
Joel Gil, housing services specialist from Neighbors Together, speaks to attendees about housing vouchers.
Photo Jewel Webber

Legal Hand Bronx hosted a Housing Voucher workshop on June 5 featuring Joel Gil, a housing services specialist from Neighbors Together. The workshop was held at the new Legal Hand Bronx location at 3213A 3rd Ave. 

A group photo after the Legal Hand Bronx Housing Voucher workshop with (front) attendee Hannah Josiah; Sonra Lee, Legal Hand Bronx volunteer; (back) Tyisha Smith, Legal Hand Bronx volunteer; an attendee; Andrianelys Parra, program associate at Legal Hand Bronx; Joel Gil, housing services specialist from Neighbors Together; and James Coger, manager of Legal Hand BronxPhoto Jewel Webber

Topics discussed included, human rights law; Source of Income Discrimination (SID); Lawful Sources of Income; addressing SID, and more.

Attendees were also given the opportunity to ask questions and provide inputs from their experiences receiving housing vouchers.


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