Affordable Housing
City Council, Skeptics Spar Over New Round of Housing Bills
Sadef Ali Kully |
The de Blasio administration defended its housing lottery system against claims of opacity and unfairness.
Mapping the Future
De Blasio’s Sixth Year in Office Could Feature Three Neighborhood Rezonings
Sadef Ali Kully |
The mayor in 2015 set a goal of rezoning up to 15 neighborhoods in a drive to create more density and more affordable housing. Five rezonings have passed and at least three are likely to move forward in 2019.
Affordable Housing
CityViews: U.S. Cities Have the Power to Ease Our Housing Crisis
Ingrid Gould Ellen and Mark Willis |
‘Housing affordability can seem like an intractable problem – an issue where local policy makers are powerless in the face of national economic forces. The reality is quite different.’
Housing and Homelessness
New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-Income NYers Face Harshest Housing Market
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Even taking Section 8 and other assistance programs into account, it’s still the poorest New Yorkers that struggle the most with housing costs.
Affordable Housing
CityViews: Affordable-Housing Advocates Must Listen to Opponents of Community Preference
Harry DeRienzo, Kirk Goodrich and Ismene Speliotis |
‘In a recent discussion, some very basic assumptions of our sector were challenged.’
Affordable Housing
Council Approves Inwood Rezoning Amid Protest
Sadef Ali Kully |
Bitterly opposed by many neighborhood residents, the rezoning passed the Council with a single no vote.
Affordable Housing
A Toolkit to Fight Displacement in NYC Neighborhoods, Other U.S. Cities
Jarrett Murphy |
Advocates from Buffalo to Brownsville and the LES to LA are voicing concerns about displacement. One local group has compiled a menu of policies to fight it.
Affordable Housing
Pilot Program to Legalize Some Basement Homes Takes Shape in E. New York
Sadef Ali Kully |
Tenants in illegal basement and cellar apartments typically have no lease and limited rights while living in substandard conditions.
Affordable Housing
Bushwick Plan’s Unveiling Nears Amid Tension Over Possible Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully |
Two Councilmembers invited neighborhood stakeholders to draft a rezoning plan. But it could encounter the same misgivings that top-down plans have faced.
Housing and Homelessness
First Signs of Progress After Far Rockaway Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully |
The city’s announcement of a developer for one site and financing for the first phase of work at another encountered cautious optimism among neighborhood stakeholders.
