Asian Americans for Equality

Planning and development: in the past three decades, Asian Americans for Equality has developed and preserved more than 1,200 affordable apartments in immigrat and low-income communities across new york city. The goal of our housing development work is to create safe and healthy homes for low- and middle-income individuals and families, proviidng the housing stability they need to thrive and preserving the essential character of our diverse neighborhoods. Aafe's planning & development team has a strong track record of innovation, pioneering various programs that have become citywide models, including the use of low-income tax credits to build affordable housing, the city's affordable housing cooperative program and the post 9/11 chinatown/lower east side preservation.

Housing, immigration and social services: the foundation of aafe's community services is a strong belief that everyone should have equitable access to affordable and safe housing, government safety net programs and healthcare and pathways to u.s. Citizenship for themselves and their families. While maintaining community centers in manhattan 's chinatown and the lower east side and flushing and jackson heights in queens, our individual counseling services are available citywide. Aafe providers multilingual assistance in english, chinese, spanish, and korean to help prevent housing displacement, connect low-income commuity members with essential social services and immigration assistance.

Community outreach and education: aafe's outreach and education programs are designed to empower community members to become informed and engaged members in their buildings, neighborhoods and civic organizations. Each year, thousands of individuals attend our multilingual educational workshops and community events and participate in our advocacy campaigns. Aafe works to register voters, organize rent stabilized tenants and engage immigrant youth and low-income seniors. More than 100 volunteers help staff our food pantries, back to school giveaways and multicultural holiday celebrations.