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Adams will announce a proposal during her State of the City speech Wednesday to support and expand NYCHA tenant-owned businesses, the number of which has jumped significantly in recent years as…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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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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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA

Under New Election Rules, 20% of Households Could Determine Fate of NYCHA Developments

The heads of household in 25,000 NYCHA apartments will soon have an opportunity to vote on how to best raise capital and complete repairs in their individual complexes, choosing…

ByDavid Brand 3Comments

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Tenant Committee Poised to Play Key Role in Comptroller’s Public Housing Audit

A newly formed committee of NYCHA residents is advising Comptroller Brad Lander as he prepares to audit the public housing authority, with the task force first targeting the most common…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Dec 2022

Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

City Limits Expands Housing Coverage with New Beat Focused on NYCHA

City Limits News announced Friday the launch of a new reporting beat focused exclusively on the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the country’s largest public housing community.

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Nov 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: An All-of-the-Above to Fix NYC’s Housing Crisis

“We’re long past the point where we can squabble over one solution versus another. We have so many tools at our disposal—far too many of them sitting around gathering dust.…

ByValerie White 3Comments

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Nov 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

Rise of the ‘SHIMBY’? New Report Outlines Steps to Social Housing

A new report describes the path to social housing in New York through 20 policy proposals, from overhauling the property tax code and abolishing the city’s tax lien sale to…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Sep 2022

Education Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: America’s Public Housing, As Told By Those Who Live There

“The story of public housing has been engulfed by stereotypes and misconceptions. Facts have been distorted. Nuance has been lost. Residents’ real-life accounts have been reduced to tropes of exceptionalism…

ByLisa Lee 0Comments

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

City’s Public Advocate Decries ‘Uninhabitable’ NYCHA Conditions After 5-Borough Tour

A new report from NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams details conditions he witnessed in public housing after visiting six NYCHA complexes earlier this year and speaking to tenants about mold…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 4Comments

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Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: NYCHA’s ‘Public Housing Preservation Trust’ Is A Farce of Resident Engagement

“Just this year alone, public budgets allocated billions of dollars in federal spending for military intervention abroad, the state subsidy of a billionaire’s football stadium in Buffalo, and even over…

ByMarquis Jenkins

ByJames Rodriguez

ByAixa Torres 0Comments

Council Speaker Looks to Link Growing Number of NYCHA Entrepreneurs with Vacant Space, Capital

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

Under New Election Rules, 20% of Households Could Determine Fate of NYCHA Developments

NYCHA Tenant Committee Poised to Play Key Role in Comptroller’s Public Housing Audit

City Limits Expands Housing Coverage with New Beat Focused on NYCHA

Opinion: An All-of-the-Above to Fix NYC’s Housing Crisis

Opinion: America’s Public Housing, As Told By Those Who Live There

City’s Public Advocate Decries ‘Uninhabitable’ NYCHA Conditions After 5-Borough Tour

Opinion: NYCHA’s ‘Public Housing Preservation Trust’ Is A Farce of Resident Engagement

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