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The city will distribute a $1.65 million grant from Enterprise Community Partners to three community land trusts and to fund a technical assistance program to assist many new ones.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Jul 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Far Rockaway Rezoning Sails Through City Planning Commission

The de Blasio administration’s second rezoning now goes to City Council for a final binding vote.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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Jul 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Boom and Bust Have Gone, But ‘Predatory Equity’ Remains a Housing Threat, Say Advocates

Before the recession, advocates sounded the alarm about big-time investors paying huge sums for buildings with rent-stabilized apartments and low-income tenants. The concern has returned.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew

ByAmelia Spittal 1Comment

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

East Harlem Committee Rejects Current de Blasio Rezoning Plan

In the first step of the ULURP process, the Community Board 11 land-use committee set conditions for its approval of the administration’s plan, demanding lower density and more affordable housing.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Inwood Groups Show Strength in Push for Contextual Rezoning

It was clear that the Northern Manhattan Is Not For Sale coalition, Save Inwood Library and other neighborhood groups opposed to displacement or overdevelopment had turned out in full force,…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 9Comments

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Public Advocate Pushes for More Leniency in Housing Lottery

Though the De Blasio administration has taken steps to reduce barriers to the affordable housing lottery, a report by the public advocate argues that reforms must go farther.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYC’s Public Housing was Turning a Corner. Then Came Donald Trump.

Gains made in recent years are threatened under the budget cuts, but they are not the only potential casualty. Rule changes at HUD may increase rents for one-in-20 New Yorkers.

ByAdam Wisnieski 9Comments

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May 2017

Housing and Homelessness Video

VIDEO: Vicki Been, Moses Gates and Tom Angotti Debate De Blasio’s Rezonings

Missed our spirited panel debate with three experts on rezonings and the affordability crisis? You can now watch it from your McMansion or closet.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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May 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness

Issues ’17: Is De Blasio’s Homeless Plan Worth the Political Risks?

Announcing in an election year a plan to create 90 new homeless shelters takes a certain amount of courage. But that doesn’t mean it will solve the problem.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

East Harlem Stakeholders Plan Push Back on Elements of De Blasio Administration Plan

Affordable housing, tenant protections and lesser density increases are among the demands that a community coalition plans to present to city planners.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

City Dips Toe Into Funding Community Land Trusts

Far Rockaway Rezoning Sails Through City Planning Commission

Boom and Bust Have Gone, But ‘Predatory Equity’ Remains a Housing Threat, Say Advocates

East Harlem Committee Rejects Current de Blasio Rezoning Plan

Inwood Groups Show Strength in Push for Contextual Rezoning

Public Advocate Pushes for More Leniency in Housing Lottery

NYC’s Public Housing was Turning a Corner. Then Came Donald Trump.

VIDEO: Vicki Been, Moses Gates and Tom Angotti Debate De Blasio’s Rezonings

Issues ’17: Is De Blasio’s Homeless Plan Worth the Political Risks?

East Harlem Stakeholders Plan Push Back on Elements of De Blasio Administration Plan

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