The city will require a few pictures of the apartment to make sure it is live-able and once a lease is signed and submitted to HRA, they will verify the applicants income, and it will take up to 10 business days for NYC HRA to write a check for the total amount of the 1 year lease. 

Tell them straight up that there is no basis for their request; houses that has been used as meth labs have specific characteristics that this one never has and cannot be rented until after thousands of dollars in testing ($5k to $50K) and a total gut of the interior is completed. 

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Totally agree the secretary for the YMCA steals 20k from the general account and gets 3 years see it all the time..

Feel free to reach out to set up a call, and we can discuss your goals, answer your questions, and explore potential collaboration opportunities.

Juliette feel free to reach out anytime and I can help you evaluate the various options!

It's normally free.

Quote from @Joseph Beilke: @Robert Ellis  It wasn't free but it benefited everyone to structure the deal that way.  

Wow, it seems like they are trying to get a free vacation.