You can debate whether gentrification is good or bad for neighborhoods. But it’s clear that many low-income tenants aren’t simply sitting and waiting to be pushed out of their homes.
The cluster program is widely criticized as expensive and disruptive. So far the new administration has yet to propose an alternative, but advocates have high hopes a plan is coming.
The area’s improvement—thanks to community action and city policy—is undeniable. What’s debated is whether the same displacement seen in Bed-Stuy and Bushwick is headed that way.
Tenants are still suffering at a Bronx building that both the then-Public Advocate’s Worst Landlords List and the city’s Alternative Enforcement Program have had on their radar screens.
A new report finds renters are being priced out of housing across the country—not because of a lack of supply, but because of the inadequacy of our incomes.
As the Atlantic Yards project slowly moves toward implementing the community benefits agreement that secured its approval, a lottery will be held for 10 events, sponsored by nonprofit groups, in…
A 44-building portfolio is in foreclosure, and tenant advocates are hoping the city will pressure firms tied to the parcels’ financing to sell to a responsible buyer.
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