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At a Council hearing, officials said the city has recorded 318,000 “engagements” since February 2022 between street homeless residents and police or outreach workers, including instances where the same individual…

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Names Board to New Preservation Trust, Pitched as Key Tool to Fund Repairs

The board so far includes three city housing officials, two tenants association presidents and the head of a nonprofit. NYCHA aims to initially transfer up to 25,000 units to the…

ByTatyana Turner 6Comments

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May 2023

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Transportation

‘Justice 4 Jordan’: New Yorkers Who’ve Experienced Homelessness React to Subway Killing

“Out there you are vulnerable. It’s safer in here behind doors,” Kevin, who declined to provide his last name, told City Limits outside the 30th Street Intake Shelter Thursday. He…

ByEmma Whitford 6Comments

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May 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: How Media Reports Got it Wrong on Rent Guidelines Board ‘Increases’

“The result of the latest reporting only serves to reinforce an unequal economic standing between landlords and tenants. Through its limited scope, this reporting causes unnecessary panic, potential demoralization, and…

ByAvi Garelick

ByAndrew Schustek 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

Late Session Goals Emerge As Housing Policy Fizzles Out of NY Budget

With six weeks left until the end of the legislative session, Hochul is already looking ahead, insisting that she will work with Senate and Assembly leaders to address New York’s…

ByEmma Whitford 2Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: With Community Land Trusts Back in the Spotlight, Lessons from 1970s NYC

"Now, longtime neighborhood residents across the city, people who put up with dangerous housing conditions for decades because they had no choice, but who fought to improve their neighborhoods, finally…

ByHarriet Cohen 2Comments

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Apr 2023

Economy Housing and Homelessness Immigration

More Than Half of Immigrant New Yorkers Can’t Afford Basic Needs, Report Finds

Immigrant-headed households make up only 17 percent of the city’s population but constitute 21 percent of households earning below the “true cost of living.”

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Housing and Homelessness

Housing Events in NYC This Week: April 27-May 3

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA

HUD Rule Changes Will Ease Housing Barriers for Tenants with Criminal History, Officials Say

Through updated policies, HUD will require landlords—including public housing authorities like NYCHA, and property owners who accept HUD-affiliated housing vouchers—to take a more holistic approach when vetting potential renters.

ByTatyana Turner 5Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

As NY Budget Drags On, Pressure Builds to Negotiate Tenant Protections

Gov. Hochul’s plan to ramp up construction across the state has emerged as a sticking point in delayed budget talks—making now the time, some lawmakers say, to push for the…

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

In Wake of Subway Killing, City Officials Grilled On Touchpoints With Unhoused New Yorkers

NYCHA Names Board to New Preservation Trust, Pitched as Key Tool to Fund Repairs

‘Justice 4 Jordan’: New Yorkers Who’ve Experienced Homelessness React to Subway Killing

Opinion: How Media Reports Got it Wrong on Rent Guidelines Board ‘Increases’

Late Session Goals Emerge As Housing Policy Fizzles Out of NY Budget

Opinion: With Community Land Trusts Back in the Spotlight, Lessons from 1970s NYC

More Than Half of Immigrant New Yorkers Can’t Afford Basic Needs, Report Finds

Housing Events in NYC This Week: April 27-May 3

HUD Rule Changes Will Ease Housing Barriers for Tenants with Criminal History, Officials Say

As NY Budget Drags On, Pressure Builds to Negotiate Tenant Protections

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