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A local activist writes that the local housing crisis is part of a global trend fomented by multinational companies. Until they’re resisted, the de Blasio administration’s housing plan is unlikely…

ByRob Robinson 8Comments

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Advocate’s Plea: Don’t Blur Line Between Shelters and Supportive Housing

A supportive housing advocate—who hopes to convince Gov. Cuomo to build more of it—says more attention must be paid to the differences between temporary homeless shelters and permanent supportive housing.

ByLaura Mascuch 0Comments

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness

NYC’s Endangered Species: A Rent-Controlled Apartment

Myth: Rent-controlled tenants get an unbelievable deal. Reality: They can be hit with huge annual rent increases. That’s why advocates want the shrinking number of rent-controlled apartments added to Albany’s…

ByKen Thorbourne 134Comments

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Feb 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Breakaway Dems Blame Funding Cuts for NYCHA’s Status as ‘Worst Landlord’

The Independent Democratic Conference is proposing to restore state support for public housing, fund backlogged capital projects and require market developers to fix NYCHA buildings.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Feb 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Some Resist De Blasio’s Housing Plans for Garden Sites

On a list of 100 parcels the administration has targeted for affordable housing development, community gardeners say 17 are “active, thriving” open spaces. Updated!

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2014

Opinion

Trust Fund Windfall Should Boost Supportive Housing

As the city nears a homeless shelter population of 60,000, it’s clear that a new generation of supportive housing is needed. And a federal trust fund is about to give…

ByRachel Fee 1Comment

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Dec 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Bronx BP Disses Anarchists and Gives a New View on Gentrification

Ruben Diaz, Jr. believes new affordable housing must serve people with relatively high incomes—not to attract that crowd, but to keep them from leaving.

ByJarrett Murphy 16Comments

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Dec 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Koch’s Housing Legacy, Through a de Blasio Lens

Like the former mayor, Bill de Blasio faces a housing crisis and a stingy federal government. But the current occupant of City Hall also confronts steeper expectations in a city…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Dec 2014

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