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First tenants feared that investors who paid exorbitant prices for modest-rent buildings would evict tenants or cut services. Now they’re worried about what happens when those fears don’t materialize.

ByVinnie Rotondaro 2Comments

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Nov 2009

Housing and Homelessness

For Homeowners, Promised Help Rarely Arrives

Mortgage companies, foreclosure counselors and government regulators disagree on the reasons why a federal program to help distressed homeowners is rescuing so few.

ByEileen Markey 1Comment

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Oct 2009

Housing and Homelessness

Mortgages and the Mayor: Candidates on Foreclosure

Both Mike Bloomberg and Bill Thompson responded earlier than most pols to the foreclosure crisis. But can the city’s response keep up with mounting homeowner woe?

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 2009

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

Scandal Leaves Lack Of Service In Its Wake

Its reputation suffering, ACORN is hampered from delivering needed counseling to lower-income New Yorkers – and it’s not clear who will pick up the slack.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Aug 2009

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Nonprofits' Outlook After A Year Of Living Dangerously

These are nerve-racking times in New York City’s largest private employment sector, delivering crucial social services. And next year looks worse.

ByAnne Noyes Saini 0Comments

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Aug 2009

ARTS and CULTURE Housing and Homelessness

On Exhibit: Housing Folly and Failure

An artful ‘learning center’ delivers substance with a disturbing punch.

ByBendix Anderson 0Comments

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Aug 2009

Economy Education Government Housing and Homelessness

Term Limits Backlash: Incumbents In Trouble

From the central Bronx to the North Shore of Staten Island, an unusually high number of incumbent City Councilmembers are in tough races this year. A look at some of…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2009

Housing and Homelessness

An Embedded Reporter In The American Nightmare

Journalist Alyssa Katz traveled the country seeking the causes and outcomes of our nation’s housing collapse. She set down her findings in a new book — and explains further in…

ByBendix Anderson 0Comments

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Jun 2009

Housing and Homelessness

When Could Empty Condos Become Affordable Homes?

Don’t pack your bags yet — the fact of empty new buildings doesn’t mean the city has any new funding streams yet to put toward their ‘adaptive reuse.’

ByBendix Anderson 0Comments

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Jun 2009

Housing and Homelessness

Seeking Fannie's Help Before Conditions Worsen

As excessive property prices and debt lead to failing conditions and foreclosures at buildings around the city, Fannie Mae indicates it will intervene at some properties.

ByKaren Loew 0Comments

Foreclosure Fears Lead To Tenants' Conundrum

For Homeowners, Promised Help Rarely Arrives

Mortgages and the Mayor: Candidates on Foreclosure

Scandal Leaves Lack Of Service In Its Wake

Nonprofits' Outlook After A Year Of Living Dangerously

On Exhibit: Housing Folly and Failure

Term Limits Backlash: Incumbents In Trouble

An Embedded Reporter In The American Nightmare

When Could Empty Condos Become Affordable Homes?

Seeking Fannie's Help Before Conditions Worsen

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