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Before the recession, advocates sounded the alarm about big-time investors paying huge sums for buildings with rent-stabilized apartments and low-income tenants. The concern has returned.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew

ByAmelia Spittal 1Comment

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Rent Guidelines Board Approves Rent Hikes for First Time Since ’14

The 1.25 percent hike in one-year leases was too much to please tenants and not enough to cheer landlords.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Public Advocate Pushes for More Leniency in Housing Lottery

Though the De Blasio administration has taken steps to reduce barriers to the affordable housing lottery, a report by the public advocate argues that reforms must go farther.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 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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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

Boom and Bust Have Gone, But ‘Predatory Equity’ Remains a Housing Threat, Say Advocates

Rent Guidelines Board Approves Rent Hikes for First Time Since ’14

Public Advocate Pushes for More Leniency in Housing Lottery

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

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

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

Tools for Tenants Ahead of Bushwick Rezoning

Building Linked to Rat Disease Had Shown Improvement After City Action

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

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

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