Bill de Blasio’s housing plan, like every modern mayor’s, focuses on private apartments, not public housing. There’s a growing sense that saving NYCHA will require a different orientation—right now.
‘I benefited from living in affordable housing, but affordable housing alone was not enough to change my life, I also needed a good job.’
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