housing crisis Archives

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Zohran Mamdani has ambitious goals for making housing affordable. Officials from the past two mayoral administrations say making those plans a reality will take tremendous management and strong relationships with…

ByPatrick Spauster 2Comments

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Jun 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Don’t Let Misconceptions Kill The Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act

“We don’t need to choose between landmarking and affordable housing. We can have both. I wrote this law to explicitly enshrine and protect existing landmarking processes across the state, protections…

ByAndrew Gounardes 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Opinion

Opinion: New York’s Suburbs Need Social Housing

“The suburbs need to do their part in providing housing. But relying on the same old market tactics that created this crisis in the first place won’t solve the problem…

ByKatelin Penner 0Comments

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Nov 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

City Watch: Live Next to a Vacant Apartment? This Housing Group Wants to Know

In the absence of specific data, the housing organization Open New York has launched a project asking everyday residents to crowdsource the locations of vacant apartments—rent-stabilized and unregulated units alike—to…

ByDavid Brand 9Comments

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Oct 2021

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Striking a ‘Grand Bargain’ to Rebuild Trust in NYC Affordable Housing

‘We are seeing a rampant level of opposition to every suggestion of new housing going back to before the COVID-19 pandemic. If we are going to address the housing shortage…

ByRafael E. Cestero 4Comments

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Jan 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Cuomo’s 2021 Agenda Should Focus on Looming Evictions Crisis, Housing Advocates Say

In his Monday speech, Cuomo spoke vaguely about providing resources to tenants and small landlords. He made specific reference only to his proposal to outlaw fees on overdue rent—which does…

ByJarrett Murphy 7Comments

24

Nov 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYers Are Getting Evicted During the Pandemic. Lawmakers Must Act Now.

There are now more than 200,000 families across New York State in eviction court. Since Cuomo opened the door to new eviction cases in June, over 33,000 cases have been…

ByMarika Dias

ByPablo Estupiñan 7Comments

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Mar 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

Evaluating the Rent Crisis: 10 Facts from the Housing Vacancy Survey and Advocates’ Reactions

At a City Council hearing on Monday, advocates evaluated new census data on the city’s housing emergency.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Dec 2017

Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

Upstate, Downstate Call on Cuomo for Housing Reforms

A new statewide coalition has formed with the intention to push Cuomo and the state legislature for rent reforms, funding for public housing and more.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

What NYC’s Next Mayor Can (And Can’t) Do About Housing Affordability