A top homelessness policy advocate and the city’s chief affordable-housing development official discuss the pros and cons of the de Blasio housing plan.
‘Housing affordability can seem like an intractable problem – an issue where local policy makers are powerless in the face of national economic forces. The reality is quite different.’
‘In many of the nation’s big cities, hunger and homelessness remain rampant. But given that Mayor de Blasio is enacting so many progressive policies to combat poverty, why are these…
There is a $15 million allocation for rental subsidies and a modest allocation for NYCHA, but also language on state oversight that concerns some advocates.
Giselle Routhier, policy director at the Coalition for the Homeless, talks about the latest shelter numbers, the highlights and low points of Mayor de Blasio’s record on homelessness and the…
Gov. Cuomo and editorial writers often chide the city about doing more to get street homeless people into shelters. A few nights with one of New York’s street outreach teams…
Who is affordable housing for? Should NYCHA’s chairwoman resign? There are actual differences between the hopefuls’ experience and main priorities when it comes to housing policy.
