City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Adi Talwar
Properties on the western shore of Gowanus Canal between Sackett, Degraw and Douglass Streets. NYCHA Gowanus Houses are visible in the background from center to right of frame.Welcome to City Limits’ NYC Housing Calendar, a new weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. If you know of an event we should include in next week’s calendar, email jeanmarie@citylimits.org.
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Upcoming Housing and Land Use-Related Events
- July 14th, 1 to 3 p.m.: NYC’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Brooklyn Councilmember Shahana Hanif and Heights and Hills will host a resource fair for tenants with information on rent protections, affordable housing lotteries and housing discrimination. [More here]
- July 16th, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: The Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club will lead this “Gowanus Watermark Walk” discussing the impact of Superstorm Sandy’s flooding on the Gowanus Canal and the future of the neighborhood’s shoreline. [More here]
- July 16th, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Organized by The Waterfront Alliance, the 16th annual City of Water Day will feature events throughout the boroughs focused on coastal resiliency. [More here]
- July 17, 3:30 p.m.: Rally and March for Homeless Rights, to take place in Carl Schurz Park at 86th Street and East End Avenue, part of ongoing events marking July as Homeless Rights’ Month. [More here]
- July 19th, 9:30 a.m.: The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing on the possibility of landmarking 14 different properties. [More here]
NYC Affordable Housing Lotteries Ending Soon
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development is closing lotteries on the following subsidized buildings over the next week:
- 469 Convent Ave., Manhattan, for households earning between $84,138 – $156,130 a year
- 164-11 Highland Ave., Queens, for households earning between $58,286 – $187,330 a year
- 1780 Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, for households earning between $82,252 – $187,330 a year
- 304 East 134th St., Bronx, for households earning between $68,572 – $156,130 a year
- 378 Weirfield St, Brooklyn, for households earning between $61,715 – $187,330 a year
Check back next week for more, or subscribe to our housing newsletter here.
3 thoughts on “New York City Housing Calendar, July 13-20”
Need to apply for low income housing or section 8
Looks like house in NY prices are going to go up and up. like this, there are more and more homeless people. The article was written very well.
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