It’s time to rethink the 421a subsidy program, an expensive and inefficient way to provide affordable housing in a city where government budgets and renters’ wallets are strained.
The plaintiffs say their neighborhood is overburdened by shelters and other social-service facilities. But the city says it’s merely trying to keep the homeless close to their neighborhoods.
At the request of the federal government, the city’s street homeless survey targeted young people this year. But advocates feel the results suggest a stronger tallying effort is needed next…
A plan to build housing on property once part of the Rheingold brewery in Bushwick has aroused concern about the project’s impact on housing prices across the neighborhood.
The sway that the borough president and councilmembers have over the boards isn’t new. But the past year has seen several high-profile instances of officials using that power.
Opponents of the plan to locate a headquarters for the grocery delivery firm in Mott Haven want to overturn a ruling last month that rejected their bid to block the…
A new senior housing development in the neighborhood aims not just to address a citywide senior housing shortage, but also to create a foothold for the aged amid new real-estate…
Tenant complaints usually involve violations of the city’s housing code. Chestnut Holdings buildings posts few of those, but some tenants say there are still serious problems.
Hunger strikes in Vancouver. Protests in Berlin. Anxiety in El Barrio. Around the globe, there’s a shared, growing worry about economic forces driving working-class people out of urban centers.
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