Alec Vanderbilt testifies on nine-month wait and Homebase confusion

Hello, my name is Alec Vanderbilt.

I've been nine months and three weeks trying to get the City Phelps voucher, but it started with the tenant situation, so I went to Homebase.

And I took Homebase, everything they require, you know, your HPD form saying you're in danger in the building that you live in, everything that they required.

And the staff that came to me and everyone was super kind, but none of them even knew what the documents were.

And they were like, well, you got to bring this, you got to bring this, you got to bring this.

I said, this is all, this is it right here.

And they still didn't comprehend the documentation that was put before them.

So I went back to HRA.

They took care of the situation.

I'm still waiting for the city voucher.

Thank God to Aaron Dalton and the committee of the Urban Justice Center and also the NYU Judeo-Bizzen Committee.

like educated me more and we've been there like two years and they helped me like

reach my voice out and I've been in on outreach doing a lot of outreach everywhere the point is that nothing's coming out of this like home base is like

Garbage.

It shouldn't even exist.

We shouldn't even be working with them.

The committees are all doing all that they can to help everyone.

Even the city is doing the best they can.

It seems like someone is just in the middle of the mail and just causing all the problems for everyone back and forth.

In the building that I live in, there was 26 people.

Now there's only nine.

All of them have accidentally died, and only two had some medical care, some medical problems.

Everyone there is in danger.

Mandami put our building on the list because it's on the media right now where I live.

Thanks to his aid and help.

And the city of Albs voucher is needed.

I know that.

That's why I'm still trying to get it.

That's basically all I have to say.

Thank you for sharing that.

Thank you for being here.