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How can public housing reach fiscal stability despite resident skepticism to its development plans? One housing expert says the key is to transform the whole system and the process that…

ByRoy Strickland 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Has Developers’ Wish-List Shaped Queens Rezoning Plan?

That plan for Flushing mapped out by a business group later accused of unethical activity—did that merely set the stage or does it call the tune for the pending city…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Advocates Wary of Lawsuit Over City’s Affordable Housing Preferences

A federal court is considering whether federal law prohibits the city’s policy of setting aside 50 percent of apartments in new, subsidized buildings for local residents.

ByJarrett Murphy 5Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Can NYC’s Landlords Afford Another Rent Freeze?

When the Rent Guidelines Board approved a 0 percent hike last year, landlords warned of impending disaster.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 96Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

Max & Murphy On Housing: Bye Bye, Bernie. Hello Again, 421-a

Gotham Gazette and City Limits review the week in housing policy news, from the Democratic candidates touring NYCHA buildings, to Mayor de Blasio winning another vote in favor of rezoning.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

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…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

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.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

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.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

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.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

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.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

CityViews: Saving NYCHA Will Require More Change, Not Less

Has Developers’ Wish-List Shaped Queens Rezoning Plan?

Advocates Wary of Lawsuit Over City’s Affordable Housing Preferences

Can NYC’s Landlords Afford Another Rent Freeze?

Max & Murphy On Housing: Bye Bye, Bernie. Hello Again, 421-a

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

Bernie Sanders’ Housing Plan Goes With the Tried and True

Council Committee OKs East New York Rezoning Plan

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

City’s Housing Plan Moves Away from Bolstering Homeownership

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