Affordable Housing
CityViews: Affordable-Housing Advocates Must Listen to Opponents of Community Preference
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‘In a recent discussion, some very basic assumptions of our sector were challenged.’
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CityViews: NYC Bid to Revise Charter and Improve Democracy Should Learn from the Past
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‘Real change only comes through the devolution of more decision-making power to the local level combined with accountable local decision-making bodies and elected officials.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: The History of Racial Signals and HUD’s Proposed Rent Hike
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‘Social division serves those who need to divert attention from the injustices that play out daily in our political and economic systems.’
Affordable Housing
CityViews: Missing the Target on Segregation
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The current community preference system may have its flaws, the writer says, but simply calling for its elimination is irresponsible and callous after centuries of race-based zoning.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: America’s Racial History Breeds Distrust of Land-Use Policies
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The distrust that has greeted Bill de Blasio’s rezoning proposals in some neighborhoods stems partly from a long history of racist policy of which the mayor is not part but needs to be aware.
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CityViews: Is it Time for a Housing Plan Reset?
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In this op-ed, a veteran low-income housing developer says an ‘impending tsunami’ of federal budget cuts must force a rethink of Mayor de Blasio’s housing and zoning vision.