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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

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

In NYC, the Long Road From Shelter to Public Housing Gets Longer

Amid New York City’s ongoing homelessness crisis, the length of time it takes NYCHA to rent out available apartments has more than doubled over the last five years. At the…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYC Slow to Issue Thousands of ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Rent Vouchers for Homeless Residents

Ten months after the Biden Administration supplied New York City with a trove of new Section 8 vouchers to house homeless residents, just over 5 percent have actually been used…

ByDavid Brand 8Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: Restoring Public Trust to Public Housing

‘The Public Trust would at long last empower NYCHA to leverage debt, allowing it to deploy capital funds quickly, cut through antiquated procurement rules, and make measurable improvements in the…

ByRafael E. Cestero 1Comment

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Under New Law, NYCHA Tenants Can Log Maintenance Complaints with 311. But Advocates Want More Substantial Changes

“It’s time to acknowledge that NYCHA residents are an integral part of the city. Like other tenants, they should be entitled to full access to the city’s code enforcement system,”…

ByDoug Turetsky 6Comments

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Jan 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

NYCHA’s Shift to Private Management May Drive Evictions, New Report Warns

Eviction records for two large NYCHA developments converted to private management under the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program show a higher eviction rate compared to the system average, Human…

ByDavid Brand 15Comments

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Oct 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Leaders List Priorities for Next HUD Regional Chief, as Biden Considers Brooklyn Councilmember

Councilmember Alicka Ampry-Samuel—who represents the 41st District of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Ocean Hill-Brownsville, East Flatbush, and Crown Heights—is President Joe Biden’s likely pick as next New York-New Jersey regional administrator for the…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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