UNITED TENANTS OF ALBANY, INC.
33 CLINTON AVE
ALBANY, NY 12207
http://www.unitedtenantsalbany.org
Service Area: SECTIONS OF ALBANY: SOUTH END, DELAWARE AVE, ARBOR HILL, NORTH ALBANY, WEST HILL, PINE HILLS, CENTER SQUARE, MANSION, HUDSON PARK, PARK SOUTH
Contact: MARIA MARKOVICS
Phone: (518)436-8997
Email: utalb@verizon.net
Service Profile: For over thirty years, United Tenants of Albany (UTA) has provided housing services to the Albany community. UTA's crisis hot-line responds annually to over 5,000 requests for information and housing counseling. The homeless prevention and the mortgage default counseling programs are directed at assisting low- and moderate-income tenants and homeowners remain in their homes through a combination of intensive counseling, advocacy, mediation, and, in some situations, emergency financial assistance to prevent the eviction or mortgage foreclosure. UTA staff conducts workshops for various human service organizations on such topics as how to look for apartments, landlord/tenants rights and responsibilities, eviction procedures, and other issues of importance to tenancy. Pre-purchase counseling is provided to tenants interested in becoming homeowners. United Tenants of Albany works closely with the Albany Community Land Trust, the Capital District Community Loan Fund, Albany Area Housing Opportunities, and the Affordable Housing Partnership in an effort to increase and maintain the availability of low-income housing in the City of Albany.