Residents of Yorkville’s Isaac Houses will soon decide what path to take in the city’s effort to transform public housing and open up new revenue streams for repairs and renovations.

Residents will choose between two programs funded under the federal Section 8 program, which provides vouchers to help low-income tenants pay their rent, or maintain the status quo as a traditional Section 9 development, which funnels money directly to the city's housing authority but has been underfunded by Congress for decades.

The first Section 8 program, called PACT, would allow the New York City Housing Authority to partner with private companies to manage the Isaacs Houses. The second is the Public Housing Preservation Trust, a state program that would keep the complex entirely public.

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