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City Limits’ Most-Read Housing Stories in 2022

It's been an eventful year in New York City housing.
Jeanmarie Evelly , Mariam Hydara and David Brand
NYCHA Blames Dreary Financial Outlook on $454 Million in Unpaid Pandemic Rent

More than 73,000 NYCHA households are behind on rent, which officials say will force the public housing authority to draw from dwindling operating reserves and make other cuts in the year ahead—and could potentially hamper its repair plans.
Jeanmarie Evelly and David Brand
NYC Housing Calendar, Dec. 21-28

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Mariam Hydara
Opinion: Many Migrants are Here to Stay. Let’s Make Sure They Have Somewhere to Live

"Legal status should not be a determinant of the quality of life you can live nor the access you have to shelter.
Abdullah Younus and Joseph Loonam
Few Homeless New Yorkers Moving from Subways to Safe Havens, As Enforcement Continues

Adams’ early commitments to open new “low-barrier” shelters comes into sharper focus as he closes out his first year in office, with yet another plan to remove homeless New Yorkers from trains and public spaces.
David Brand
NYC Housing Calendar, Dec. 15-22

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Mariam Hydara
Under New Election Rules, 20% of Households Could Determine Fate of NYCHA Developments

The heads of household in 25,000 NYCHA apartments will soon have an opportunity to vote on how to best raise capital and complete repairs in their individual complexes, choosing from one of three funding models.
David Brand
NYCHA Tenant Committee Poised to Play Key Role in Comptroller’s Public Housing Audit

A newly formed committee of NYCHA residents is advising Comptroller Brad Lander as he prepares to audit the public housing authority, with the task force first targeting the most common complaints made by peers.
David Brand

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Mapping the Future: Opinion

Opinion: City’s New Rules on Short Term Rentals Will Hurt Small Homeowners

"Undermining the ability of individual homeowners to rent property based on their needs is an imbalanced infringement upon owners' rights, discourages home ownership, and represents a slippery slope towards government overreach. Prohibiting short term rentals would severely impact homeowners' ability to meet financial obligations and continue to live in the city."
David Summers
Opinion: Governor Hochul’s State of Housing

"As Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to deliver the speech that could define her first full term, she has an opportunity to set a path of real progress on housing. But she will have to break the patterns of past leadership—and her own first year in office."
Jumaane Williams
Opinion: New York’s Housing Plans Must Address Affordability—& Climate Change

“New York State has the lowest per capita emissions in the country. Compared to the rest of the United States, New York City has by far the best transit, and it is the only city where living car-free is the standard. Other cities should pursue more climate-friendly urban design, but New York City should lead by welcoming more people.”
Seth Baum
Opinion: Housing for Our Formerly Incarcerated Neighbors Serves Us All

"Study after study has shown that stable housing is the linchpin for successful reentry and for creating strong social bonds. These outcomes, in turn, lead to a substantially reduced likelihood of facing a new criminal charge, which—contrary to the scare tactics of this bill’s opponents—will make our city at large safer, too. "
Pablo Zevallos
Opinion: Vulnerable New Yorkers Deserve Dignity. Mayor Adams’ Mental Health Proposal Misses That Mark

"We learned decades ago that institutionalizing people, or locking them away in state mental hospitals, was not the solution. This practice demonized people with mental health challenges, disappearing them, and led to facilities that were dirty, dangerous, and inhumane."
Raul Ubiles, Julia Solomons and Rosa Jaffe-Gaffner

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