After making news last week for evicting low-income tenants and filling their apartments with homeless families–for a nice fee from the city–a Brooklyn developer has taken the feds to court to try to halt and take over an affordable housing project in Bed-Stuy.
A depressed economy and harsh new rules are putting the squeeze on the city’s small credit unions.
The future of the federal welfare program is suddenly up in the air. Congress recently decided to postpone debate on the matter until after the fall elections, at which point the Republicans may take control of the Senate and ignore the current leading plan for welfare reform–which is more lenient on work requirements and more generous with child care support.
A housing court judge recently reprimanded the city and ordered that two elderly, handicapped sisters be allowed to move back into their home of 50 years after the city’s Adult Protective Services agency failed to do its job–and protect the women from eviction..
Third party transfer was supposed to be the city’s next big housing program, but the most recent round announced last week is much smaller than expected.
Assistance is on the way for many of the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who qualify for food stamps but up to now haven’t gotten them because of long applications and strict requirements.
Months of conflict within one of the city’s most prominent community development groups recently came to a head when the board of the Mid Bronx Desperadoes replaced its longtime president, Ralph Porter.
For the first time in 14 years, Albany officials have proposed boosting housing assistance for New Yorkers on welfare. But the new deal still may not be enough to pay the rent.
The city is looking to replace the 30-year manager of a family shelter in Brooklyn after a series of audits questioned its financial and property management practices.
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