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A federal court is considering whether federal law prohibits the city’s policy of setting aside 50 percent of apartments in new, subsidized buildings for local residents.

ByJarrett Murphy 5Comments

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Mar 2016

Housing and Homelessness

The Seven Worries of New York City’s Mitchell-Lama Tenants

The key affordable-housing program faces privatization pressures, repair issues and controversies over shareholder elections—but tenants, the City Council and HPD disagree about who is in a position to solve them.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 24Comments

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Mar 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Public Advocate’s New Critique of Long-Lagging City Housing Program

The PA’s investigation found that Neighborhood Homes failed a group of potential home-buyers in Crown Heights. The program is winding down, but the findings could shape discussions about new affordable-housing…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Feb 2016

Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

Max & Murphy on Housing:
Fear, Race and Regulation

We’re no Rubio vs. Trump, mind you, but it’s worth a listen anyway.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Feb 2016

Video

Video: HPD Commish at Conference on Fighting Gentrification

The January 10 conference on gentrification sponsored by CASA, the Bronx Documentary Center and City Limits looked at many of the questions around the most weighted word in local policy…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2016

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Housing Plan Hung Up as Much on Distrust as on Details

Will neighborhoods accept the mayor’s housing and rezoning plans? Conversations about AMI, FAR, 421-a and other policy particulars will be important. But the mayor must also confront a larger distrust…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jan 2016

Uncategorized

Can the Bronx Develop Without Displacement?

This weekend, City Limits will moderate a panel discussion featuring a tenant leader, artists and the commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to try to answer that…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jan 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Brooklyn Community Gardeners React to De Blasio Admin. Deal

For months volunteers at dozens of community gardens have wondered which ones might be targeted for affordable housing. Our partners at Brooklyn Deep were in the room when gardeners learned…

ByCole Rosengren 0Comments

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Dec 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Tenants Allege Landlord Flouts Rules, But Still Gets Tax Break

The state and city have cracked down on a number of landlords who get 421-a tax benefits but don’t follow rent-regulation rules. But some reports indicate a wider problem—one that…

ByGenia Gould 2Comments

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Nov 2015

Uncategorized