Housing New York Archives

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‘The Where We Live NYC Plan thankfully moves beyond the simplistic supply-side diagnosis and acknowledges the legacy of systemic racism. However, the plan needs to put forth bold and specific…

ByRafael Salamanca 2Comments

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Nov 2020

Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

The Check In: What’s Next for the Flushing Waterfront Rezoning

Managing editor Jeanmarie Evelly talks with housing and development reporter Sadef Kully about the Flushing waterfront rezoning, where developers want to create a 29-acre waterfront special district with 1,725 apartments…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Nov 2020

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Uncategorized

A Look at the City’s ‘Blueprint’ Plan to Address Decades of Housing Inequities

The “Where We Live” report, released by HPD, outlines the city’s plans to create more equitable housing and capital investments by the year 2050 and further its Fair Housing goals.

BySadef Ali Kully 6Comments

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Sep 2020

Health Housing and Homelessness

Amid COVID and Fiscal Woes, Mayor’s Housing Plan Enters Stretch Run

Mayor de Blasio’s initiative to build or preserve 300,000 units of affordable housing seems to be on track. But is it on target?

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Aug 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Now More Than Ever, NYC Must Revamp its Housing Program

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the city to the brink of a housing crisis. It is time for the city to design housing policies that retain the people who are…

ByMaria Diaz Gonzalez 4Comments

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Jun 2020

Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

Advocates: Cuts to NYC’s Housing Plan Will Have Deeper Costs

Reacting to the drastic drop in city revenue, Mayor de Blasio has proposed shifting $1 billion in capital spending on his housing plan from this fiscal year and next to…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2019

Opinion

Opinion: De Blasio’s Housing Plan is Neither Affordable Nor Fair

‘The de Blasio administration has had the tools at its disposal to produce more deeply affordable housing for New York City’s poorer residents, who are disproportionately black and Latino.’

ByPablo Zevallos 2Comments

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Jul 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Affordability Program for Small Buildings Closes Deals, Learns Lessons

The Landlord Ambassador initiative aims to recruit small- and medium-sized buildings into the city’s preservation programs.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Nov 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

How Advocacy Has, and Hasn’t, Shaped De Blasio’s Housing Plan 2.0

The revamped housing plan includes steps to implement many of the policy ideas proposed by advocates within the last couple years, though clear disagreements remain between the administration and critics.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 14Comments

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Sep 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Advocates, Council Continue Push for Deeper Affordability

The Real Affordability for All coalition released a report strongly critical of the mayor’s housing strategy, while councilmembers acknowledged improvements but pressed for more low-income units.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 4Comments

Opinion: NYC Must Do More to Reverse Racial Segregation, Starting With Housing