Affordable Housing Archives - Page 73 of 87

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

Other Nabes and de Blasio Team Draw Lessons from East New York Rezoning Struggle

As housing justice advocates across the city review the outcomes in East New York, many say the results attest to the power of community organizing, especially when stakeholders put forth…

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ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

Bernie Sanders’ Housing Plan Goes With the Tried and True

The Vermont senator’s affordable housing plan is built largely on a call for fuller funding of existing federal programs—perhaps because they work.

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ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

Council Committee OKs East New York Rezoning Plan

After two years of pressure, protests and plans, the first de Blasio rezoning cleared its first legislative hurdle.

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ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

NY Primary Countdown: Democrats Talk (a Little) About Housing Policy

A look at how housing policy has been treated in the 2016 race finds attention—and some detail—on the Democratic side and little appetite for the topic among the GOP hopefuls.

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ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

City’s Housing Plan Moves Away from Bolstering Homeownership

Mayors Koch and Bloomberg devoted significant parts of their affordable housing initiatives to helping families buy their homes. Worries about cost-effectiveness are one reason the de Blasio team has not.

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Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

Max & Murphy on Housing: What Impact will MIH have?

Dialing down into the details of how much of a contribution Mayor de Blasio hopes his newly passed Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning will make toward the goal of 80,000 new apartments…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

Ayes and Nays on Mayor’s Zoning Changes Pave Way for Bigger Questions

The Council vote on MIH and ZQA represented a historic change to the rules of development in New York City and a huge political victory on the mayor. Its impact…

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Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

What Will a Larger Private-Sector Role Mean for Public Housing?

At a forum, experts and the NYCHA chairwoman weighed in on the public-private partnerships that are at the heart of the authority’s survival plan.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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