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The reality is that, no matter how streamlined its management nor how transparent its spending plans may be, NYCHA just does not have the resources it needs.

ByJolie Milstein 1Comment

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Jun 2018

NYCHA Opinion

CityViews: Courts Have to Force More Change at the NYPD

Landmark decisions about the policing of public housing and stop-and frisk put the NYPD on a path of reform. But, the author argues, the department needs a stronger push from…

ByRikia Evans 1Comment

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Jun 2018

NYCHA Opinion

CityViews: The Damage is in the Details of HUD’s Proposed Rent Policy Changes

Much has been written about the proposal to triple minimum rents for the very lowest income households. That’s not even the worst of it.

ByLaura Mascuch

ByBrenda Rosen 4Comments

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May 2018

Opinion

CityViews: The History of Racial Signals and HUD’s Proposed Rent Hike

‘Social division serves those who need to divert attention from the injustices that play out daily in our political and economic systems.’

ByHarry DeRienzo 1Comment

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Feb 2018

Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

City Pushes Back Against Another Austere HUD Budget

While the drastic cuts to HUD proposed by Trump are unlikely to pass, the future funding levels for the agency remain uncertain.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Dec 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Where the Council Speaker Candidates Stand on Housing

Who is affordable housing for? Should NYCHA’s chairwoman resign? There are actual differences between the hopefuls’ experience and main priorities when it comes to housing policy.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Oct 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Ritchie Torres Takes National Image, Support for NYCHA Development into Speaker Bid

Much of Torres’ legislative record fits easily with his profile as a millennial progressive. But on public housing, his bread-and-butter issue, Torres has departed from some progressive allies in supporting…

ByWilla Rubin

ByMax Zahn 1Comment

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Oct 2017

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

De Blasio is Pressed to Use More Federal Tools Against Homelessness

The mayor unlocked a door between homeless shelters and public housing that his predecessor had closed. Some advocates want de Blasio to open it event wider.