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City Limits’ Deputy Editor Emma Whitford recently sat down with Baaba Halm, vice president and New York market leader at the housing nonprofit Enterprise Community Partners, for a conversation about…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

City Hall Digs In Against Rental Voucher Expansion

Mayor Eric Adams argued in new court filings that his administration has special authority as an “arm of the state”—part of a lawsuit that the Legal Aid Society filed in…

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Tenant Advocates Descend on Albany, Refusing to Let ‘Good Cause’ Be Evicted from the Conversation

As elected officials attempt to hammer out a housing deal before the state’s budget deadline at the end of the month, advocates want lawmakers to know they’re still fighting for…

ByChris Janaro 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Right to Shelter Settlement Enforces Unequal System, Critics Say

While defenders see the preservation of shelter rights in the long term, opponents are raising implementation concerns. They say the agreement enforces a recent trend of unequal treatment based on…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice News

NYC Narrows Re-Sheltering Rights for Recently-Arrived Immigrants

The Coalition for the Homeless reached a settlement with the City of New York Friday, adding new emergency terms to the 1981 decree that paved the way for the city’s…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Transportation

Opinion: NYC’s Subways Need Services, Not Soldiers

“We can create a better environment for both the homeless and riders by setting up drop-in centers within some of the larger subway stations.”

ByRobert Mascali 3Comments

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Mar 2024

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

City Spending on Out-of-Town Tickets for Migrants Reaches $7.6 Million

As of the end of January, the city had purchased 20,500 plane or bus tickets to relocate immigrants in its shelter system to destinations outside the five boroughs, totaling $7.6…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Amen to New Housing? Faith-Based Development Bill Looks to Secure Legislative Blessing

While lawmakers continue to negotiate housing initiatives and tenant protections in Albany, supporters of the Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act are positioning the bill as one of the state’s best shots…

ByChris Janaro 2Comments

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Feb 2024

Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 26-March 3

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

Scenes From Closing Day at a Bronx Benefits Center

Friday marked the final day of operations at 1365 Jerome Ave. in Mount Eden, where Human Resources Administration staff helped New Yorkers apply for food, Medicaid and cash assistance.

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

Ask a Housing Expert: The Potential of Rental Vouchers

Tenant Advocates Descend on Albany, Refusing to Let ‘Good Cause’ Be Evicted from the Conversation

Right to Shelter Settlement Enforces Unequal System, Critics Say

NYC Narrows Re-Sheltering Rights for Recently-Arrived Immigrants

Opinion: NYC’s Subways Need Services, Not Soldiers

City Spending on Out-of-Town Tickets for Migrants Reaches $7.6 Million

Amen to New Housing? Faith-Based Development Bill Looks to Secure Legislative Blessing

NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 26-March 3

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