senior housing Archives

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Construction is now underway for Sol on Park, 229 affordable senior units being built on open space at NYCHA’s Morris Houses campus. Many of the apartments are earmarked for current…

BySunny Nagpaul 0Comments

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Jan 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Mamdani’s Affordability Agenda Can Serve Older Adults, Too

“Nearly 1.5 million older adults call New York City home. Among those over age 70, nearly three in five reported no stable source of retirement income, and a similar share of older tenants…

ByStuart C. Kaplan 2Comments

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Jun 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

‘We Don’t Move like We Used To’: NYCHA Seniors React to Planned Unarmed Security Cut

With two weeks left until NYCHA plans to eliminate its security program at senior buildings, tenants weigh in on their safety needs.

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Sep 2021

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time to Prioritize Older Adults in NYC Housing

‘The cost is too high not to fund safety modifications to our housing stock. Older adults who can’t afford modifications, such as grab bars or no step entrances, must choose…

ByFelicia Singh 0Comments

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Dec 2019

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Admin’s Senior Housing Production Scrutinized

Over six years in office, the mayor has created 3,800 senior housing units and financed another 4,700 en route to a goal of 15,000 apartments that advocates say falls short…

ByRoshan Abraham 0Comments

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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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May 2019

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Housing Update: Rent Hikes Are Coming, 17 New Bills for Tenants and the City’s Worst Evictors

Here’s the New York City housing news you might have missed this week.

ByHarry DiPrinzio 1Comment

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Apr 2019

Housing and Homelessness

The Distressing Math of NYC’s Future Senior-Housing Need

Today, New York City doesn’t have enough affordable senior housing to meet current demand. By the year 2030, the city’s over-65 population will be 1.35 million, 14.8 percent of its…