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Federal support for public housing operating expenses has been lagging costs for a decade. A NYCHA board member said a new approach might shore up funding from Washington.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2013

Stop NYCHA Infill Plan, Save Public Housing

The plan to build market-rate buildings at public housing sites doesn’t save NYCHA, it threatens it. There’s a better way, this writer argues.

ByTom Angotti 0Comments

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Apr 2013

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Mayoral Hopefuls Asked: How to Pay for Public Housing?

At a weekend forum the Democrats running for mayor all disparaged a plan to build market-rate housing on NYCHA land.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 0Comments

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Apr 2013

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Decisions New York's Next Mayor Will Face on Public Housing

Though federally funded, NYCHA is in part steered by choices at the municipal level. What public-housing policy choices will New York’s next mayor have to make?

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 0Comments

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Mar 2013

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Details Emerge About Plan for Private Buildings on NYCHA Land

While some agree that the plan has financial merit, others fear the social costs of mixing incomes in NYCHA neighborhoods. The authority’s chairman sees it as a win-win.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 0Comments

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Jan 2013

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

City Picks Plan to Replace Shuttered Housing Project

A stalled redevelopment left Prospect Plaza vacant for a decade. The new scheme replaces some—if not all—of the public housing, and adds hundreds of affordable units.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2013

Housing and Homelessness Investigations NYCHA

Many Are Responsible for Housing Project's Stall

After the city rezoned Williamsburg, affordable housing was supposed to be built on the grounds of a NYCHA project there. Seven years later, ground has not been broken.

ByMalik Singleton 0Comments

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Oct 2012

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion

Can NYCHA Be Saved?

Yes, says this writer, but it will require vision and renewed drive by the Bloomberg administration: Doing a few things better will not be enough.

ByJulia Vitullo-Martin 0Comments

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Oct 2012

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Home and Away: A Timeline of Public Housing in the United States and New York City

1934: Depression-era public works money is earmarked for public housing. The New York City Housing Authority is created. 1935: First Houses, the first public housing project in the United States, is…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Sep 2012

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Beyond Scandal, NYCHA Residents Seek More Power

Amid the controversy over the management of New York’s public housing, NYCHA officials are contemplating historic changes to how the agency operates. Tenants are looking for more ways to weigh…

ByCurtis Stephen 0Comments

Call for Tax Credits for Public Housing

Stop NYCHA Infill Plan, Save Public Housing

Mayoral Hopefuls Asked: How to Pay for Public Housing?

Decisions New York's Next Mayor Will Face on Public Housing

Details Emerge About Plan for Private Buildings on NYCHA Land

City Picks Plan to Replace Shuttered Housing Project

Many Are Responsible for Housing Project's Stall

Can NYCHA Be Saved?

Home and Away: A Timeline of Public Housing in the United States and New York City

Beyond Scandal, NYCHA Residents Seek More Power

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