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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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Apr 2017

Opinion

CityViews: Tenants with Housing Vouchers Deserve a Roof Over Their Head

The city’s human rights commissioner writes: ‘We can and must do better to ensure that every New Yorker in need of housing can access it. It’s the law, but it’s…

ByCarmelyn P. Malalis 8Comments

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA

Evictions Aren’t the Answer, Say Advocates, After Investigations Dept. Slams NYCHA

A coalition of leading criminal justice groups is fiercely opposing a new crackdown on NYCHA residents after a scathing Department of Investigations report on how the authority handles alleged criminal…

ByJarrett Murphy 6Comments

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Mar 2017

Uncategorized

Tools for Tenants Ahead of Bushwick Rezoning

Displacement is a threat whether the zoning changes or not, officials say.

ByAnnalisa Ramnarain 1Comment

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Building Linked to Rat Disease Had Shown Improvement After City Action

750 Grand Concourse, the Bronx property linked to one of three recent cases of a bacterial infection blamed on rat urine, cut its number of housing-code violations by two thirds…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2017

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Will Rezoning Cause or Resist Displacement? Data Paints an Incomplete Picture

Some community groups fear that rezonings will force low-income residents out. City Hall says rezonings are needed to prevent further loss of affordability. Amid a lack of clear evidence, any…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5Comments

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

ZoneIn Audio: How Jerome Avenue Area Residents Feel About the Rezoning

We asked people attending a November meeting of the Bronx Coalition for a Community Vision how they feel about the potential rezoning of the area. Hear their voices and views.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Call for Halt to Aggressive Real-Estate Tactics in East New York

Elected officials and community groups—some of whom blame the recent rezoning for what they say is an uptick in harassment of homeowners and renters—want the area declared a ‘cease and…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 4Comments

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Sep 2016

NYCHA Uncategorized

CityViews: What RAD Means for NYCHA Residents

The Rental Assistance Demonstration is one way NYCHA is trying to close its budget gap and address huge maintenance backlogs.

ByRachel Fee 0Comments

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Aug 2016

Opinion

Building Justice: As Tenants Fought to Save the Bronx, Race was in the Background

Discrimination and segregation shaped the existential crisis that faced many Bronx neighborhoods in the 1970s and 1980s. But in the building by building fight for decent conditions, a veteran advocate…

ByJim Buckley 0Comments

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