Housing and Homelessness NYCHA FULL DISCLOSURE: FEDS GAIN NEW ACCESS TO TENANT FILES Public housing residents balk at rules demanding third party records to verify income.
Housing and Homelessness HOUSING MINUS POLITICS Public Advocate seeks middle ground with new affordability study.
Housing and Homelessness BIG-BUILDING SOLUTION HAS SMALL SUPPORT Planning Commission considers new rules to regulate churches, medical centers and other community facilities.
Economy Housing and Homelessness EXPAND AND CONTRACT Columbia University neighbors contemplate a Community Benefits Agreement that could bring open space, jobs and other perks to the area.
Economy Housing and Homelessness NYCHA BUILDING BLOCKED NYCHA RESIDENTS WANT THEIR JOBS A year ago, the New York City Housing Authority agreed to offer public housing residents apprenticeships on agency construction sites. Now the work is set to begin–but the jobs have…
Housing and Homelessness REINING IN THE ZONING BOARD Two different tracks emerge for reforming the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals.
Housing and Homelessness NYCHA HOUSING HUD-ACHE New federal regulations will cut $40 million from city’s 2004 rental subsidies.
Housing and Homelessness NYCHA RE-LEASING SEC 8 TENANTS- OWNERS REJECT VOUCHERS Recent court decisions have opened the door for private landlords to bail out of the federal voucher program–and evict low-income renters.
