Housing and Homelessness
What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 21, 2025
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.
Government
Council Bill Looks to Simplify City’s Supportive Housing Application
Jeanmarie Evelly |
The application, dubbed form 2010E, can take months to complete and requires prospective tenants to provide their medication and hospitalization history and show proof of homelessness, as well as a recent psychiatric evaluation.
Government
City’s Top Housing Official Steps Down in Wake of Mayor’s Trump Dealings
Jeanmarie Evelly |
First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, who oversees the city’s housing and economic development work, announced plans to resign alongside three other top City Hall officials. The tumult comes after the Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors to drop their corruption case against the mayor, citing the need for his cooperation on immigration enforcement.
Government
NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 17-24
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Housing and Homelessness
What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 14, 2025
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here. Adi TalwarPoughkeepsie, New York. State lawmakers are weighing a bill that would make it easier for towns and cities outside New York City to adopt rent regulation. Welcome to “What Happened This Week in NYC Housing?” where we compile the latest local news about housing, land use and homelessness.
Government
Bill Would Make it Easier for Places Outside NYC to Adopt Rent Stabilization
Jeanmarie Evelly |
The legislation would expand the criteria for town and cities to show they’re experiencing a housing emergency. Under current rules, localities can only opt into rent regulation if they conduct a survey to prove their housing vacancy rate is below 5 percent.
affordable housing lotteries
NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 10-17
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Government
Demanda: nuevas normas de la ciudad dificultan acceso a albergues para personas sin hogar
Jeanmarie Evelly |
La demanda se centra en los nuevos criterios para acceder a los refugios “Safe Haven” (seguros), alegando que dificultan el acceso a esas camas a las personas sin hogar que viven en la calle y discriminan a los inmigrantes recién llegados.
Housing and Homelessness
What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 7, 2025
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.
Government
Need Help Applying to Affordable Housing Lotteries? Ask a ‘Housing Ambassador’
Jeanmarie Evelly |
The revitalized “Ready to Rent” program partners with community based organizations to offer one-on-one assistance to New Yorkers vying for affordable apartments through the city’s competitive housing lotteries.
