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Mar 2022

Dilapidated Apartments, Lousy Landlords Plague NYC’s Sprawling ‘Scattered-Site’ Supportive Housing Network

There are some 16,000 scattered-site supportive housing units across the city, rented and overseen by nonprofits contracted to provide services to tenants. But outdated contracts that trail actual market rents…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

28

Feb 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

As NYC Considers Scrapping Tax Lien Sale, Land Trust Plan Gains Steam

The city’s controversial tax lien sale expires Monday. Absent legislation to create a new program or renew the existing one, a group of activists and elected officials have proposed abolishing…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

17

Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Bill to Create New Housing Voucher For Homeless New Yorkers Gains Traction in Albany

A proposal for the new rent subsidy, dubbed the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP), may emerge as a bargaining chip amid high-profile legislative battles in Albany. “There is no substitute…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

16

Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Bottcher Urges City and State to Fund Treatment Beds to Address Mental Illness

“The failure that we’re experiencing is the result of decades of disinvestment of mental health services,” Manhattan Councilmember Erik Bottcher, who represents Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, said during…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

15

Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Politics

Carrión Takes Helm at NYC Housing Agency After Stint as ‘Worst Evictor’ Consultant

New York City’s new housing commissioner is returning to public office after a years-long stint working with a quick-to-evict Bronx developer recently subject to a state investigation, raising concerns among…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

11

Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Demanding Greater Accountability in Wake of Fatal Bronx Fire

‘The incident has sparked a national conversation about housing injustice and raised a critical question that we must all ask ourselves: Why must it take a high death toll to…

BySiya Hegde 0Comments

07

Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

District Managers Call on NYC to Boost Budgets for Community Boards

“Community Boards are currently being asked to do more with less,” wrote a task force of district managers and administrative staffers in a report released last month. “Especially in the…

ByDavid Brand 8Comments

04

Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness News Politics

Hochul, Lawmakers Look to Override NY’s Exclusionary Zoning Amid Housing Crunch

State leaders—including Kathy Hochul and one of her gubernatorial rivals, Tom Suozzi—are at odds over bills that would override local “exclusionary zoning” rules that prohibit homeowners from renting accessory dwelling…

ByDavid Brand 21Comments

01

Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth News Politics

Analysis: NYC’s Decades of Disconnect on Housing and Homelessness

Why has the number of homeless New Yorkers grown so much, even as the city spends billions on housing and homeless services? One part of the answer is that over…

ByDoug Turetsky 5Comments

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Jan 2022

Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: How Income Requirements Harm NYC Voucher Holders

‘Realtors and landlords are finding ways to reject voucher holders with essentially no consequence through the setting of exorbitant income requirements.’

ByJoshua Murillo 4Comments

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