Sacred Ground
Judith Matloff |
As churches make real estate part of their mission, some Harlem residents pray for relief.
Money Hits
Judith Matloff |
Many low-income tenant co-ops battle looming debt and crumbling structures.
Lower East Side
Making Change: Property Values
Judith Matloff |
Being a landlord might bring in cash, but it’s tough work, in which disaster is always around the corner. One of the city’s most successful nonprofits is giving it a shot anyway.
Citywide
Block Association
Judith Matloff |
Brooklyn candidate Susan Lasher would have trouble winning Harlem, where residents say a building she owns blights 140th Street.
Citywide
Houses of Ineqity
Judith Matloff |
The city’s housing agency promised upwardly mobile buyers Harlem dream homes and a subsidy to make them happen. But in the hands of private builders, plans for chef’s kitchens and marble bathrooms are translating into endless, often hopeless, construction.
