Hostos Family Empowerment Program - FEP

The People's Money
Do you live in NYC? If yes, we encourage you all to vote on the budget and have a say in how it affects your community.
Vote to support programming for parents, youth, etc. read the choices and select the ones that you care about. Let your voice be heard and vote!!
And share this campaign with your family, friends and neighbors all NYers ages 11 and above can vote on the People Money.

Vote Online in The People’s Money! Visit the online voting site for NYC’s citywide participatory budgeting process to help decide how city funds are spent on resident-proposed projects.

FEP would like to congratulate all the students who graduated yesterday and today. It is impossible to upload everyone's photos so we are using this image to represent all parenting grads, we are so very proud of you all. WELL DONE!!!!

Bring your children to the park for a fun Spring Activity on Saturday May 2, 2026, from 1:00-3:30pm. See flyer for more details

Are you pregnant? Did you recently have a baby? Do you need support? We encourage you to join the Peace for Moms Support Group. See the flyer for more details

Annual Spring Carnival at Hostos Community College Hostos students who are parenting with children between the ages of 0-14 years are invited to attend our Spring Carnival on Sunday April 26, 2026 from 12pm to 5pm. See bar code below to sign up or use the url
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=s_BgbwZfCU6XFZiduozH2CmrDHksNk1Cr-SXTcEuUZtUOURURVFCRkVYNUhMSUVDMVFXN0JNSEhaMy4u
ONLY Hostos Community College students can attend!

Hostos students are invited to celebrate Eid Al Fitr on March 24, 2026 from 12pm to 3pm. Come celebrate with our Muslim students - learn about Islam, socialize and eat foods from different Middle Eastern and African countries.

Happy holidays,

We encourage all our students during this winter break to attend this workshop series so you can learn valuable skills in leadership. See flyer for more information.
Educated families empowers communities!!!

Happy holidays to one and all from the Family Empowerment Program. May all your positive wishes come true.
Thanks to all our donors for helping us support our students who are parenting. And to all our volunteers who wrapped all the gifts for our students children.
Blessings always

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Broker Fees Are Now Illegal in NYC: The FARE Act


This week’s update comes from the Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit.


The Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses (FARE) Act took effect on June 11, 2025. This law prohibits brokers who represent landlords from charging broker fees to tenants. This includes brokers who publish listings with the landlord’s permission. Landlords or their agents must disclose other fees that the tenant must pay in their listings and rental agreements.

Forced broker fees are now ILLEGAL and landlords cannot charge real estate broker fees to renters. Being forced to pay a broker you didn’t hire? File a complaint with your text messages, screenshots, etc. at

Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses (FARE) Act - DCWP The Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses (FARE) Act took effect on June 11, 2025. This law prohibits brokers who represent landlords from charging broker fees to tenants. This includes brokers who publish listings with the landlord’s permission. Landlords or their agents must disclose other fees ...