Affordable Housing
CityViews: Affordable-Housing Advocates Must Listen to Opponents of Community Preference
Harry DeRienzo, Kirk Goodrich and Ismene Speliotis |
‘In a recent discussion, some very basic assumptions of our sector were challenged.’
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Calling Obama Version Ineffective, Trump’s HUD Crafting New Fair-Housing Rule
Jarrett Murphy |
The department is soliciting public comment on a new version of a rule originally aimed at making sure federal housing resources go to reduce, rather than exacerbate, housing segregation.
Affordable Housing
Watch it Here: Is Affordable Housing Really Fair Housing?
City Limits |
What does it mean to take into account “fair housing” concerns as the city implements Housing New York and as it pursues neighborhood rezonings?
Affirmatively Furthering fair housing
City Launches Effort to Identify and Reduce Housing Segregation
Jarrett Murphy |
In January, HUD delayed a federal rule requiring cities and states to assess whether their policies made housing segregation better or worse. But New York is going ahead with its own self-examination anyway.
AFFH rule
HUD Announces Delay of Fair Housing Assessment Process
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
A sudden and—to fair housing advocates—concerning update to our earlier piece on the upcoming fair housing assessment.
Affirmatively Furthering fair housing
Under Lingering Obama Initiative, NYC to Evaluate Fair Housing
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
It will be up to advocates and the de Blasio administration to make the upcoming fair housing assessment into a meaningful discussion on the city’s racial history and future policy.
Affordable Housing
10 Housing Policies to Watch Under President Trump
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
From homeownership to public housing, tax credits to local hiring, there are more questions than answers so far about what the Trump presidency will mean to housing policies that affect New York.
