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The dearth of affordable housing across the city—and the nation—should prompt Congress to increase rental assistance programs and supercharge the National Housing Trust Fund, Sarah Saadian of the National Low-Income…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

So far this year, city marshals have executed at least 1,527 residential evictions, according to statistics maintained by the Department of Investigation (DOI). The true number of legal evictions is…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Ritchie Torres Wants to Make Federal Rent Relief Permanent

The Stable Families Act builds off the massive pot of money that Congress sent to states and local governments to cover rent arrears for tenants who could not make payments…

ByDavid Brand 9Comments

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Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Podcasts

City Watch: Reckoning With New York City’s Affordable Housing Crunch

Non-profit developers and tenants rights advocates have also been sounding the alarm on the need to create more income-restricted apartments across the five boroughs and to keep existing renters stably…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Corporate Landlords Are Taking Over NYC—The Numbers Don’t Lie

Corporations exist to make profit. In the housing context, corporate landlords extract as much profit from their investments as possible. The results are rent increases, cost-cutting on building maintenance, reductions…

BySateesh Nori 1Comment

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s Rebounding Rents Shine Light on Long-Standing Crisis

“Two years into the pandemic, the city is moving ahead with a return to ‘normal,’ but the pre-pandemic real estate market’s ‘normal’ is not something to which we should aspire…

ByLeslie Vasquez

ByKimberly Pereyra Monero

ByLandry Haarmann 0Comments

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC Communities of Color Face Increased Eviction Filings, Displacement Risk, and Soaring Unaffordable Rents

ANHD’s 2022 Housing Risk Chart highlights the compounding pressures, and risks, to affordable housing in dozens of neighborhoods. Indicators of speculation, gentrification, and displacement pressure are distributed throughout the city…

ByBarika Williams 2Comments

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Mar 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News

NY Lawmakers Propose $250M to Launch Section 8-Style Rent Subsidy

The State Senate and Assembly included a quarter-billion dollars to fund the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP), which would create a new rent voucher for New Yorkers experiencing or at-risk…

ByDavid Brand 13Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Bronx Tenant Group Considers ‘Eviction Blockades’ as Court Filings Mount

“Our goal is to intervene and disrupt the eviction process,” one organizer said at a rally outside Bronx Housing Court Thursday. “We’ve always known the eviction moratorium is a temporary…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Politics

Carrión Takes Helm at NYC Housing Agency After Stint as ‘Worst Evictor’ Consultant

New York City’s new housing commissioner is returning to public office after a years-long stint working with a quick-to-evict Bronx developer recently subject to a state investigation, raising concerns among…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

City Watch: NYC’s Affordable Housing Crisis Demands Federal Response, Coalition Says

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

City Watch: Ritchie Torres Wants to Make Federal Rent Relief Permanent

City Watch: Reckoning With New York City’s Affordable Housing Crunch

Opinion: Corporate Landlords Are Taking Over NYC—The Numbers Don’t Lie

Opinion: NYC’s Rebounding Rents Shine Light on Long-Standing Crisis

Opinion: NYC Communities of Color Face Increased Eviction Filings, Displacement Risk, and Soaring Unaffordable Rents

NY Lawmakers Propose $250M to Launch Section 8-Style Rent Subsidy

Bronx Tenant Group Considers ‘Eviction Blockades’ as Court Filings Mount

Carrión Takes Helm at NYC Housing Agency After Stint as ‘Worst Evictor’ Consultant

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