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The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) will give community land trusts and other community groups first dibs at buying distressed properties. Supporters expect it to pass with support from…

ByPatrick Spauster 18Comments

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Jun 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s ‘Antisocial’ Housing Problem

"It is antisocial to systematically underfund the management and upkeep of affordable housing. Buildings deteriorate, and health and safety hazards spread, all to the detriment of residents." (Adi Talwar for…

ByHoward Slatkin

BySarah Watson 7Comments

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Jun 2025

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Resources

What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? June 6, 2025

Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jun 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Social Housing Supporters Revive Push to Boost Nonprofit & Community Ownership

The social housing proposals, known together as the Community Land Act, are the latest attempt to create affordable housing by removing real estate from the speculative market.

ByTareq Saghie 6Comments

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Mar 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: The 100 Gold Street Land Grab

“At a base level, the next mayor has to use the city’s leverage in transactions involving public resources—especially land—to maximize public benefit, including deep and permanent housing affordability.”

ByOksana Mironova

BySamuel Stein

ByIziah Thompson 0Comments

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Feb 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Time for a Shift in NYC’s Affordable Housing Plans?

“A parade of mayors, Democrat and Republican, have also predominantly relied on the private sector over the past 40 years to address the city’s lack of affordable housing. Yet here…

ByDoug Turetsky 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Proposed State ‘Social Housing’ Authority Would Build Affordable Homes Outside the Private Market

The latest housing proposal to hit the state legislature would create a new Social Housing Development Authority (SHDA) to oversee the development of social housing—homes created “for the public good,”…

ByChris Janaro 1Comment

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Jan 2024

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Building a Better New York for Renters

“Vulnerable New Yorkers are suffering from predatory landlords, an overburdened court system, and an economy that continues to sideline them. They deserve better from their city.”

ByClaudia Valdivia 0Comments

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Oct 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

ANALYSIS: ‘Social Housing’ Bills Expose Ideological Rift Among Housing Providers

The saga of The Windermere, though unique in many respects, is emblematic of why the city’s need for deeply affordable housing and the interests of many for-profit owners and developers…

ByDoug Turetsky 0Comments

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Groups Tell Speaker Adams: Time is Now for ‘Social Housing’ Bills

Albany’s inaction has made it more urgent for the council speaker to help pass a package of bills aimed at boosting the supply of homes accessible to, and controlled by,…

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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