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Jasmine Smith, a CityFHEPS voucher holder and leader with the tenant advocacy group Neighbors Together, speaking outside City Hall Thursday.
Legislation introduced in the City Council this week would toughen penalties against landlords and brokers who refuse to rent to tenants using rental subsidies—a practice known as Source of Income discrimination, which is illegal but still pervasive.
Hundreds of thousands of New York residents rely on HUD housing programs that could be impacted by Trump’s federal layoffs, a group of elected officials warned this week, including NYCHA tenants as well as Section 8 voucher holders.
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.
Adolfo Carrión, Jr., current commissioner at the Department of Housing, Preservation and Development, will serve as the new deputy mayor for housing, economic development, and workforce—replacing Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, who resigned last month amid turmoil over the mayor’s dealings with President Donald Trump.
Terrell Jones, who built his career dressing celebrities like Fat Joe and DJ Khaled, spoke to City Limits about how the city influenced his style—and why New York weather offers more fashion opportunities than Los Angeles.
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.
The state is opening 105 apartments at the former Lincoln Correctional Facility on West 110th Street. But local elected officials say the “co-op style” units are priced too high for the neighborhood, where housing costs have spiked in recent years.
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
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