Housing and Homelessness NYCHA COLD, WITH A CHANCE OF HOUSING:VOUCHERS OFFERED FOR NEEDIEST Long lines and new concerns greet the city’s sudden Section 8 bonanza.
Housing and Homelessness NYCHA A NEW PLACE TO PARK THE FAMILY — NOT THE CAR Over the next few years, residential buildings will replace open spaces at some public housing complexes.
Housing and Homelessness NYCHA UNPACKAGING A LACK OF SERVICE:UPS DELIVERS TO PUBLIC HOUSING After a decade, two housing developments will get the same treatment from ‘Brown’ as everyone else.
Housing and Homelessness NYCHA FEE MESSAGE MANGLED Public Housing tenants say fee hike wasn’t well publicized.
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.
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 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.
Housing and Homelessness NYCHA SECTION 8 DEBATE: HOW WILL VOUCHER CUTS AFFECT NYC? Washington think tank finds that thousands of local families could lose rental assistance under new Bush plan.