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Apr 2019

Housing Update: Key Moments Arrive for Bay Street, Bushwick Rezonings and Comprehensive Planning Push

A new tenant protection czar, a push for comprehensive planning, news from the Bay Street and Bushwick rezoning discussions, ideas for closing the housing-wealth gap and more.

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Apr 2019

Opinion

Opinion: De Blasio’s Housing Plan is Neither Affordable Nor Fair

‘The de Blasio administration has had the tools at its disposal to produce more deeply affordable housing for New York City’s poorer residents, who are disproportionately black and Latino.’

ByPablo Zevallos 2Comments

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Jan 2019

Housing and Homelessness

The Five ‘Myths’ of Rent Regulation in New York

Are rent regulated apartments occupied primarily by the wealthy? Do rent regulated tenants hoard their homes?

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

29

Nov 2018

Government Housing and Homelessness

Comptroller Says Housing Plan is Failing, Calls for More Units for Low-Income NYers

Stringer’s plan would shift the remaining 85,000 units of new construction under the mayor’s plan to serve very low-income and extremely low-income families.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Nov 2018

Housing and Homelessness Video

On the 2019 Housing Agenda: Rent Regs, Rezonings … and Real Affordability?

A video conversation with a top tenant organizer and a leading affordable-housing advocate about what 2019 has in store for New York renters and neighborhoods.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 2018

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-Income NYers Face Harshest Housing Market

Even taking Section 8 and other assistance programs into account, it’s still the poorest New Yorkers that struggle the most with housing costs.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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May 2018

Opinion

CityViews: We Need Innovative Designs—and Open Minds—to Solve the Housing Shortage

‘Good design and cost-cutting seem to be contradictory goals in part because the conversation about the nation’s housing scarcity problem leaves little room for nuance.’

ByKatie Swenson 8Comments

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Mar 2018

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations News

Rezonings Carry Opportunities and Risks for Low-Income Seniors

The city is taking several steps to shore up housing options for aging New Yorkers. The question is whether those moves will offset the displacement pressures many feel.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 4Comments

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Feb 2018

Uncategorized

Opinion: El Concejo Debe Rechazar o Reducir El Plan de Rezonificación de Jerome Avenue

‘Le imploramos al Concejo que vote en contra de este plan, el cual es completamente inapropiado para nuestro vecindario. ‘

ByCarmen Vega-Rivera 1Comment

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Feb 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Community Coalition Says the Council Must Reject or Reduce Jerome Avenue Plan

‘The Bronx Coalition for a Community Vision believes that the city’s plan will cause massive displacement and loss of businesses and jobs in our community. We implore the Council to…

ByCarmen Vega-Rivera 1Comment

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