The Legal Aid Society brought this class action lawsuit to challenge the New York City Department of Housing and Preservation’s practice of excluding domestic violence survivors from Section 8 voucher “bifurcation” hearings that determine whether or not a survivor is able to stay in their home. As part of a settlement agreement reached in January 2020, HPD created a new Section 8 voucher preference that enables domestic violence survivors to obtain a new voucher in the survivor’s name, thereby obviating the need to obtain it through a termination proceeding.