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The cluster program is widely criticized as expensive and disruptive. So far the new administration has yet to propose an alternative, but advocates have high hopes a plan is coming.

ByJordan Moss 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Mixed Views of Gentrification's Threat in East New York

The area’s improvement—thanks to community action and city policy—is undeniable. What’s debated is whether the same displacement seen in Bed-Stuy and Bushwick is headed that way.

ByGerard Flynn 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Optimism on Massive Portfolio of Working-Class Housing

Advocates hoped a new owner would take on the troubled “three-borough pool.” But they welcome a deal with the state AG protecting tenants’ rights.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

NYC's Housing Crunch is Part of National Crisis

A new report finds renters are being priced out of housing across the country—not because of a lack of supply, but because of the inadequacy of our incomes.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2014

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Details Delayed For Long-Stalled NYCHA Project

After being torn down for a redevelopment that proved too pricey to complete, Prospect Plaza is being replaced by a mix of public- and affordable housing. The metrics of that…

ByMakini Brice 0Comments

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Mar 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Tenants Form Union to Fight Gentrification

In the struggle to hold on to their places in neighborhoods where rents are rising rapidly, a group in Crown Heights is hoping there’s strength in numbers.

ByIan Marsh 0Comments

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Feb 2014

Housing and Homelessness

In Sunset Park, Demise of Affordable Units Feared

Hundreds of apartments covered by Section 8—key anchors in a neighborhood where affordability is threatened by gentrification—are slated to leave the program.

ByNorman Oder 1Comment

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Feb 2014

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

New Push For Banks to Monitor Building Conditions

For decades housing advocates have hounded negligent property owners. Now there’s increasing focus on the lenders who permit them to buy other peoples’ homes.

ByJack Newfield Reporting Class 0Comments

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Feb 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Churches Become Housing in Bushwick

One former Lutheran church being converted to housing will include affordable units. It’s unclear whether another former house of worship will offer non-market apartments as well.

ByIan Marsh 0Comments

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Feb 2014

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

HPD Responds to Criticism of Project Linked to Deputy Mayor

The agency says The Bradford, which serves families making up to $194,000, was a wise use of resources to achieve income diversity and supply affordable housing to under-served income groups.

ByEric Enderlin 0Comments

Advocates Waiting for de Blasio to Fix Homeless Housing Program

Mixed Views of Gentrification's Threat in East New York

Optimism on Massive Portfolio of Working-Class Housing

NYC's Housing Crunch is Part of National Crisis

Details Delayed For Long-Stalled NYCHA Project

Tenants Form Union to Fight Gentrification

In Sunset Park, Demise of Affordable Units Feared

New Push For Banks to Monitor Building Conditions

Churches Become Housing in Bushwick

HPD Responds to Criticism of Project Linked to Deputy Mayor

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