Sweeping rent reforms are now law. Exactly how the letter of that legislation translates into reality will depend in large part on how the state’s Division of Homes and Community…
The plan would rezone 20 blocks of Staten Island’s North Shore and could lead to the creation of 1,800 new units of housing, including 1,300 income-targeted apartments. The city has…
The de Blasio administration has shown some openness to community land trusts, which offer a promising new approach to providing affordable housing in New York City. Now the Council is…
Advocates want the de Blasio administration to boost the legal staff that goes after landlords who allegedly violate a 2008 law banning discrimination based on the type of legal income…
‘Only a comprehensive planning process with stated equity goals can provide the environment, structure, and scope for analyzing the thousands of considerations and tradeoffs that will get us to a…
New York’s approach to land use has plenty of defenders. There are, however, those who disagree. ‘The current system exacerbates our worst selves rather than our best selves,’ a Brooklyn…
‘According to HUD’s own estimate, more than 55,000 deeply poor children—all American citizens or lawful permanent residents—will be evicted from subsidized housing for which they are eligible.’
