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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

The Complicated Research on how Gentrification Affects the Poor

Conventional wisdom is that gentrification displaces the poor. Research contradicts that—but it doesn’t paint a simple or fully reassuring picture.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Nov 2015

Housing and Homelessness

The Math Behind Bill de Blasio’s Affordable Housing Zoning Plan

The city says its proposed mandatory inclusionary housing program exacts as much affordability as the market will bear. But how did it reach that conclusion?

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Jul 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Bed-Stuy is Focus of Concerns Over Fate of Community Gardens

The city has identified 181 small city-owned sites for potential affordable-housing development. Eighteen currently have community gardens on them. Ten of those gardens are in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

ByCole Rosengren 2Comments

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Jun 2015

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

UrbaNerd: Really, it’s OK if You Don’t Understand 421-a

The tax break now at the center of negotiations in Albany over essential city housing policies is really rather complicated. Here are the basics.

ByJarrett Murphy 8Comments

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May 2015

Housing and Homelessness

The Price of Housing Preservation: Linden Plaza’s Saga

During the Bloomberg administration, rents were hiked dramatically at one Brooklyn complex in order to keep it operating. The city believes the move preserved a Mitchell-Lama development. Some tenants say…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

Video: HPD Commish at Conference on Fighting Gentrification

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

Can the Bronx Develop Without Displacement?

Brooklyn Community Gardeners React to De Blasio Admin. Deal

Tenants Allege Landlord Flouts Rules, But Still Gets Tax Break

The Complicated Research on how Gentrification Affects the Poor

The Math Behind Bill de Blasio’s Affordable Housing Zoning Plan

Bed-Stuy is Focus of Concerns Over Fate of Community Gardens

UrbaNerd: Really, it’s OK if You Don’t Understand 421-a

The Price of Housing Preservation: Linden Plaza’s Saga

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