Unemployed and unable to work while caring for a sick husband, Ellen Sorokina should be at the front of the line for housing assistance. She’s not. New rules say that…

Data shows that the number of welfare recipients in bureaucratic limbo is almost as high as those who are working.

Established environmental groups torpedo a progressive brownfields bill.

Automatic medicaid sought for ex-prisoners with mental illness.

Workforce Alliance, a nationwide umbrella group and advocate.

Harry’s in Woolworth building evicted.

Thanks to some help from community group ACORN and powerful politicians like Charles Rangel, a tenant group in East Harlem is going to avoid eviction.

In the last few months, the city’s housing department has unleashed or reactivated a slew of programs for dilapidated apartment buildings. Harlem, which still has plenty of neglected properties, will…

A new bill gives landlords an incentive to invest rent deposits a little more wisely, meaning more money for owners and renters alike.