A Way Home,
For Every Voucher
Homeward helps New Yorkers who are homeless find housing that will actually take them. We catch landlords who illegally refuse CityFHEPS, surface affordable vacancies, and match people to the shelters they're eligible for tonight.
About 65,000 households hold a CityFHEPS voucher, yet many stay in shelter for months because landlords won't take it. Refusing a voucher is illegal in NYC. Homeward makes that visible, reportable, and easier to get past.
Built for the people
who find people homes
Each tool has a list and a map. Nothing a person enters is stored, and every complaint stays a draft until a person reviews it.
Voucher Guard
Flags listings that refuse CityFHEPS or Section 8, shows the clause and the math, and drafts a complaint for review.
Open Doors
Open Housing Connect lotteries and voucher-friendly listings in one feed, filtered by household and income.
Shelter Match
Narrows NYC's homeless shelters to the ones a person is eligible for, with how to get in and what to bring.
From listing to action
Collect
A scraper gathers rental listings every day. Caseworkers can also paste a listing or scan a flyer with their phone.
Check
Rules and AI read each listing in any language, find refusals and income rules applied to the full rent, and show the math.
Act
Clean listings and lotteries go to Open Doors. Flagged ones get an evidence packet and a complaint draft a person can review and send.