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While the number of NYCHA campuses that saw elevator outages between January and April of this year was the same as the year before, the total number of incidents—9,904—declined by…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Vacant NYCHA Units Continue to Increase, With Transfers Complicated by PACT

NYCHA’s target time is 30 days for apartment turnover. But as of April, it took the housing authority an average of 410 days to re-occupy a vacant apartment, up significantly…

ByTatyana Turner 4Comments

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Names Board to New Preservation Trust, Pitched as Key Tool to Fund Repairs

The board so far includes three city housing officials, two tenants association presidents and the head of a nonprofit. NYCHA aims to initially transfer up to 25,000 units to the…

ByTatyana Turner 6Comments

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Apr 2023

Housing and Homelessness

Housing Events in NYC This Week: April 27-May 3

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations NYCHA

NYCHA Plan to Put Units Under Private Management is More Than Halfway Done—But Skepticism Persists

More than 36,000 NYCHA apartments have either undergone conversion or are in the process of being converted to the RAD-PACT program, which officials say has helped drive billions in needed…

ByTatyana Turner 4Comments

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Mar 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

State Lawmakers Pitch Budget Funds to Help NYCHA with Mounting Rent Debt

In a budget resolution unveiled last week, the State Senate earmarked $389 million for public housing and Section 8 tenants statewide who applied for, but were left out from, New York’s …

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Opinion Politics

Opinion: Building Again at NYCHA

It is time for New York to meet its public housing needs. It has the land. The technical ability to restore and replace NYCHA’s housing stock to meet tenant needs…

ByCharles Lauster 2Comments

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Feb 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Comptroller to Probe NYCHA Repairs and Evictions in First ‘Resident-Powered’ Audits

The New York City Comptroller’s Office will investigate oversight of NYCHA contractors and eviction rates at privatized developments — the first of two probes under a new initiative that lets…

ByTatyana Turner 2Comments

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Feb 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth NYCHA

Wait Times for NYCHA Apartments Doubled Last Year, As Number of Vacant Units Climb

The length of time it takes NYCHA to rent out available apartments has climbed in recent years, one of many factors exacerbating the city’s affordable housing crisis, lawmakers say. “They…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 6Comments

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Jan 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA

Opinion: Feds Can Further ‘Fair Housing’ Goals by Adequately Funding NYCHA

“If NYCHA is so dependent upon federal funding, doesn’t the federal government have, not just a moral, but a legal obligation to adequately fund federal housing?”

ByAndrew Darcy 2Comments

NYCHA Sees Improved Elevator Metrics, Despite Thousands of Outages a Month

Vacant NYCHA Units Continue to Increase, With Transfers Complicated by PACT

NYCHA Names Board to New Preservation Trust, Pitched as Key Tool to Fund Repairs

Housing Events in NYC This Week: April 27-May 3

NYCHA Plan to Put Units Under Private Management is More Than Halfway Done—But Skepticism Persists

State Lawmakers Pitch Budget Funds to Help NYCHA with Mounting Rent Debt

Opinion: Building Again at NYCHA

Comptroller to Probe NYCHA Repairs and Evictions in First ‘Resident-Powered’ Audits

Wait Times for NYCHA Apartments Doubled Last Year, As Number of Vacant Units Climb

Opinion: Feds Can Further ‘Fair Housing’ Goals by Adequately Funding NYCHA

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