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Dirty bath water and a slew of apartment rejections test the faith of three single moms trying to get out of the city’s homeless shelter system. After 14 months, Johanna…

ByClara-Sophia Daly

ByBahar Ostadan 6Comments

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Sep 2022

CLARIFY Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

It’s Not Just Manhattan: Rents Are Still Rising Across NYC

Throughout the five boroughs and across the rental market, apartment prices continue to surge, according to an analysis of nearly 390,000 listings over the past three years that online marketplace…

ByDavid Brand

ByMa-Sadio Faye

ByQuainat Mariam

ByManuel Lozano-Velez

ByNowshin Rahman

ByTiara Soto

ByJaelynn Jimenez 1Comment

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

So far this year, city marshals have executed at least 1,527 residential evictions, according to statistics maintained by the Department of Investigation (DOI). The true number of legal evictions is…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Corporate Landlords Are Taking Over NYC—The Numbers Don’t Lie

Corporations exist to make profit. In the housing context, corporate landlords extract as much profit from their investments as possible. The results are rent increases, cost-cutting on building maintenance, reductions…

BySateesh Nori 1Comment

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May 2022

Economy Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Price Gouging is Crushing Low-Income New Yorkers. Here’s What Gov. Hochul Should Do

“Unemployment continues to be higher in places like Flatbush, Brooklyn—my neighborhood—than in the wealthiest parts of the city and state. For my unemployed neighbors and those earning low wages, price…

ByLeroy Johnson 0Comments

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC’s Latest Vacancy Survey is Bad News for Affordable Apartment-Seekers

The number of available apartments for low- and middle- income New Yorkers reached a 30-year low in 2021, according to the results of a vacancy survey used to determine whether…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC Communities of Color Face Increased Eviction Filings, Displacement Risk, and Soaring Unaffordable Rents

ANHD’s 2022 Housing Risk Chart highlights the compounding pressures, and risks, to affordable housing in dozens of neighborhoods. Indicators of speculation, gentrification, and displacement pressure are distributed throughout the city…

ByBarika Williams 2Comments

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Apr 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Newark Council Votes to Strike Controversial Law Banning Homeless Families with NYC Rent Subsidies

The voucher program, known as Special One-Time Assistance (SOTA), covers a year of rent for New Yorkers with a steady income who move out of city shelters—and usually out of…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News

NY Lawmakers Propose $250M to Launch Section 8-Style Rent Subsidy

The State Senate and Assembly included a quarter-billion dollars to fund the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP), which would create a new rent voucher for New Yorkers experiencing or at-risk…

ByDavid Brand 13Comments

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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

VIDEO: Homeless Families Are Waiting Longer in NYC Shelters. Here Are Their Stories

It’s Not Just Manhattan: Rents Are Still Rising Across NYC

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

Opinion: Corporate Landlords Are Taking Over NYC—The Numbers Don’t Lie

Opinion: Price Gouging is Crushing Low-Income New Yorkers. Here’s What Gov. Hochul Should Do

NYC’s Latest Vacancy Survey is Bad News for Affordable Apartment-Seekers

Opinion: NYC Communities of Color Face Increased Eviction Filings, Displacement Risk, and Soaring Unaffordable Rents

NY Lawmakers Propose $250M to Launch Section 8-Style Rent Subsidy

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

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