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The hype holds that working poor is the thing to be these days. But a close look at the resources available to low-paid working families shows that getting people off…

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Jan 2000

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

TENANTS IRKED AT HOUSING WORK

A new public housing rule kicked in this month that requires unemployed residents to do eight hours of community service. Today, tenants protest this much-hated law, which they say stinks…

BySaj P. Kuriakos 0Comments

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Dec 1999

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Hockett Protector

At 25, Dushaw Hockett is the fresh young face at the head of the New York City Public Housing Resident Alliance, organizing tenants in the projects he grew up in.

ByKeith Meatto 0Comments

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Aug 1999

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA's GREAT LEAP FORWARD

Among the vague language in the New York City Housing Authority’s new five-year-plan is a controversial income-mixing plan.

ByKemba Johnson 0Comments

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Mar 1999

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Cityview: Challenging the Authority

A new agenda for the New York City Housing Authority needs to be matched by new respect for tenants.

ByDavid R. Jones 0Comments

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Feb 1999

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Since the late 1970s, the city’s Tenant Interim Lease program has been helping low-income renters become apartment owners. As TIL celebrates its 20th anniversary, advocates are fighting charges that the…

ByJames Bradley and Glenn Thrush 0Comments

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Jan 1999

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Cityview: Standards Delivery

The perils of requiring Regents exams for high school graduation.

ByNoreen Connell 0Comments

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May 1998

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Subsidizing Slot

The Administration for Children’s Services’ slow application process has made its emergency housing relief virtually useless.

ByLaura Seigle 0Comments

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Mar 1998

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Roberts' Rules

To keep their city consulting dollars, neighborhood housing groups now have to lend a hand to landlords.

ByKim Nauer 0Comments

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Mar 1998

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Good ICOP, Bad ICOP

The city housing authority has systematically weakened its officially sanctioned tenant advisory council to the point where the group has become useless.

ByLaura Claxton 0Comments

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TENANTS IRKED AT HOUSING WORK

Hockett Protector

NYCHA's GREAT LEAP FORWARD

Cityview: Challenging the Authority

TIL's Ills

Cityview: Standards Delivery

Subsidizing Slot

Roberts' Rules

Good ICOP, Bad ICOP

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