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The cluster program is widely criticized as expensive and disruptive. So far the new administration has yet to propose an alternative, but advocates have high hopes a plan is coming.

ByJordan Moss 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Optimism on Massive Portfolio of Working-Class Housing

Advocates hoped a new owner would take on the troubled “three-borough pool.” But they welcome a deal with the state AG protecting tenants’ rights.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

NYC's Housing Crunch is Part of National Crisis

A new report finds renters are being priced out of housing across the country—not because of a lack of supply, but because of the inadequacy of our incomes.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2014

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Shelter Resident Weighs In On Cuomo-De Blasio Debate

For Arvernetta Henry, the stakes in the budget talks are pretty simple. With a rent subsidy, she gets out of the shelter. Without it, she doesn’t.

ByArvernetta Henry 0Comments

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Mar 2014

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Housing Court Goes on Trial

Advocates who fault the court’s facilities and lack of right to counsel found it guilty on all counts in a hearing at Brooklyn Borough Hall.

ByIan Marsh 0Comments

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Feb 2014

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

New Push For Banks to Monitor Building Conditions

For decades housing advocates have hounded negligent property owners. Now there’s increasing focus on the lenders who permit them to buy other peoples’ homes.

ByJack Newfield Reporting Class 0Comments

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May 2013

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

Advocates Fear Homeless Program Threatens Affordable Housing

Responding to the shelter surge, the city has placed homeless families in clusters of apartments in private buildings. The pricey program might undermine rent stabilization.

ByJordan Moss 0Comments

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Apr 2013

Housing and Homelessness

Report: New Mayor Should Stop Re-Housing the Homeless

Some mayoral candidates want to restore programs that place homeless families in regular housing. But one think-tank believes those programs drive shelter demand.

ByDiane Jeantet 0Comments

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Jan 2013

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

Buildings Get High Marks—From Feds, Not Tenants

Federal officials are supposed to screen the apartments that receive Section 8 rent assistance. But their inspection results are often at odd with what residents find.