Housing Policy Archives

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“New York finally has a big, bold, and brave plan to really make the state affordable. It will attack the lack of housing supply, the inequitable distribution of housing, and…

ByRachel Fee 0Comments

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Dec 2022

Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

City Limits Expands Housing Coverage with New Beat Focused on NYCHA

City Limits News announced Friday the launch of a new reporting beat focused exclusively on the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the country’s largest public housing community.

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

The Rent Is Still Too Damn High: Catching Up With Jimmy McMillan

Jimmy McMillan’s performance in a gubernatorial debate in October 2010 sealed his status in New York political lore and cemented a six-word slogan into our vernacular. Today, he is fighting…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Oct 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Bruckner Rezoning Poised to Pass After Councilmember’s Change of Heart

The Council’s Land Use Committee voted 10-0 to approve a residential rezoning along a strip of Bruckner Boulevard in Throggs Neck after Councilmember Marjorie Velázquez said she backed the plan,…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

City’s Supportive Housing Remains Out of Reach for Most Applicants, Data Shows

During the most recent fiscal year, just 16 percent of New Yorkers approved by the city for supportive housing were actually placed with an apartment. More than half of the…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Economy Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: A Slow But Accelerating Crisis—Preserving Affordable Housing for Up to 1.4 Million NYers

The same combination of streamlined pension fund investments and public subsidies that worked so successfully in the 1980s and early 1990s, needs to be reinvigorated to preserve the city’s enormous…

ByMichael D. Lappin 1Comment

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Sep 2021

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time to Prioritize Older Adults in NYC Housing

‘The cost is too high not to fund safety modifications to our housing stock. Older adults who can’t afford modifications, such as grab bars or no step entrances, must choose…

ByFelicia Singh 0Comments

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Jul 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

NYC Locks Out Many Homeless Applicants From New Federal Rent Assistance, Advocates Say

Adults approved for supportive housing will be precluded from applying for the federal rent vouchers—which attorneys and advocates say cuts off a path to housing for thousands of shelter residents…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Mar 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

What to Ask Mayoral Candidates Who Say They Can Solve NYC’s Housing Crisis

Thirteen questions for the candidates, to separate meaty plans from mere paperwork.

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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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…