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‘NextGen is the continuation of the opening up of investment opportunities for already-wealthy private actors and entities. History tells us this usually comes at a high cost for residents and…

ByKristen Hackett 5Comments

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Sep 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Feds Throw a Lifeline to Senior Housing in NYC

Twenty-year funding contracts could open the door for roof repairs, new boilers, tigher windows and more at dozens of New York City buildings.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Aug 2019

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA

At NYCHA’s Fulton Houses, A Bitter Divide Over the Future of the Development

At the Fulton Houses, activists and residents are fighting a proposal to demolish two buildings and allow a private developer to build market-rate apartments. But NYCHA says the plan is…

ByHarry DiPrinzio 4Comments

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Aug 2019

Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

Housing Update: Anti-RAD Organizers are Growing

The Housing Headlines You Might Have Missed

ByHarry DiPrinzio 0Comments

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Jul 2019

Housing and Homelessness In Depth NYCHA

Facing Massive Repair Needs, Public Housing in Bushwick is Undergoing a Huge Shift

The Hope Gardens renovations will be the sixth transaction under NYCHA’s Permanent Affordability Commitment Together public and private partnership program.

BySadef Ali Kully 6Comments

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Mar 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

Federal Audit Demands Better Oversight of Program Key to NYCHA’s Survival Plan

The Rental Assistance Demonstration program is expanding nationally and in New York City, but a new government report says the program needs better federal monitoring.

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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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYC’s Public Housing was Turning a Corner. Then Came Donald Trump.

Gains made in recent years are threatened under the budget cuts, but they are not the only potential casualty. Rule changes at HUD may increase rents for one-in-20 New Yorkers.

ByAdam Wisnieski 9Comments

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Mar 2016

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Tenants Balance Skepticism, Realism on Plan to Save NYCHA Site

No, the Rental Assistance Demonstration project is not a plot to privatize public housing or displace current residents of NYCHA’s Ocean Bay Apartments. But tenants do need to have a…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Feb 2016

NYCHA Uncategorized

NYCHA Launches New Bid to Close Financial Gap

The Rental Assistance Demonstration involves converting one Queens developing from traditional public housing to voucher funding and, the plan says, freeing up money to pay for back-logged repairs.