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The city’s housing vacancy rate plunged to 1.41 percent in 2023, the lowest it has been since 1968, officials announced Thursday. Options were particularly scarce for low-income New Yorkers: just…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 18Comments

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Community Preferences Curtailed: City’s Affordable Housing Lotteries Face Changing Dynamics

In a recent settlement of a federal lawsuit, New York City will modify its approach to affordable housing lotteries by imposing substantial cuts to the percentage of units reserved for…

ByChris Janaro 3Comments

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

Bronx Metro-North Rezoning to Enter Public Review as Locals Weigh In

The city’s plan to rezone an approximately 46-block stretch adjacent to the rail line around the future Morris Park and Parkchester/Van Nest train stations is about to turn a corner.…

ByChris Janaro 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Environmental Review Kicks Off for Rebuilding Plan at Fulton & Elliott-Chelsea Houses

The plan would tear down and rebuild all 2,056 NYCHA apartments at the aging Manhattan campuses, and construct an additional 3,450 mixed-income units there. The public has a chance to weigh…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

Plan to House Formerly-Incarcerated Inches Forward in the East Bronx

The “Just Home” proposal to house seriously ill people leaving jail cleared one of its final procedural hurdles at a heated public hearing, where locals repeatedly testified that they feared…

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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Oct 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

City Lawmakers Call for Probe of How NYCHA Handles Tenant Complaints

The City Council’s resolution implores the state legislature and HUD to “take strong action and increase NYCHA accountability by auditing the responsiveness of NYCHA managers to tenants,” citing complaints from…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2023

Comunidades de habla hispana Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

Se limita la estadía para familias inmigrantes en albergues, pero algunas ya están demasiado familiarizadas

En los últimos meses, cientos de familias de inmigrantes recién llegados con niños han estado sujetas a límites de estadía de 28 días en hoteles, ya que la ciudad insiste…

ByEmma Whitford

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Oct 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

‘They Assigned Us Far Away’: As Shelter Limit Policy Expands, Some Families Are Already Too Familiar

Hundreds of recently-arrived immigrant families with children have been subject to 28-day limits on hotel shelter stays in recent months, as the city insists it’s run out of space to…

ByEmma Whitford

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Aug 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness News

City Details Rollout Of Shelter-Limit Policy For Single Asylum Seekers

Under scrutiny from the City Council Thursday, officials described the issuance of roughly 1,500 60-day notices, starting on July 24 at Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers (HERRCs) run by…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Aug 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

City’s Affordable Housing Production Saw a Boost Last Year After Prior Plunge

After dropping the year before, affordable housing production was up again during the 12-month span that ended June 30, officials said Thursday—what advocates say is a welcomed boost but still…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

‘Profound Scarcity’: Apartments Available to NYC Renters Hit Historic Low Last Year

Community Preferences Curtailed: City’s Affordable Housing Lotteries Face Changing Dynamics

Bronx Metro-North Rezoning to Enter Public Review as Locals Weigh In

Environmental Review Kicks Off for Rebuilding Plan at Fulton & Elliott-Chelsea Houses

Plan to House Formerly-Incarcerated Inches Forward in the East Bronx

City Lawmakers Call for Probe of How NYCHA Handles Tenant Complaints

Se limita la estadía para familias inmigrantes en albergues, pero algunas ya están demasiado familiarizadas

‘They Assigned Us Far Away’: As Shelter Limit Policy Expands, Some Families Are Already Too Familiar

City Details Rollout Of Shelter-Limit Policy For Single Asylum Seekers

City’s Affordable Housing Production Saw a Boost Last Year After Prior Plunge

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