Republicans say the federal housing department’s Community Builders program is pure political patronage, defenders say it helps the agency connect with the communities it serves. Either way, it will be…
With a Section 8 agreement on a Manhattan building about to wane, the feds are only willing to pay half of what the landlord now wants–and the elderly renters are…
The clock is ticking. Over the next five years, landlords will be able to leave the federal Section 8 program, threatening the affordability of tens of thousands of New York…
If Senator Al D’Amato loses the election in September, the new chair of the banking committee will be Phil Gramm, no friend of the Community Reinvestment Act.
The Senate banking committee just okayed a massive overhaul of the country’s financial services laws, and comminity advocates are worried it will scuttle existing fair lending rules.
Leaky roofs and shoddy construction have created huge headaches for New York City Housing Partnership homeowners in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Now they’ve started a revolt, and the city may…
