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Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.
Adi Talwar
Apartments along Grand Concourse near 170th Street in the Bronx, one of the neighborhoods in which many CityFHEPS voucher holders rent apartments.Welcome to “What Happened in NYC Housing This Week?” where we compile the latest local news about housing, land use and homelessness. Know of a story we should include in next week’s roundup? Email us.
ICYMI, from City Limits:
- City voucher holders are predominately renting apartments in a handful of neighborhoods in the Bronx and Southeast Brooklyn, raising questions about the program’s ability to offer low-income New Yorkers more choice in where they live.
- You can now get free help with applying for the city’s affordable housing lotteries.
- Two nonprofits are offering up to $5,000 for resident-proposed climate projects that help green NYCHA campuses.
- Advocates are suing City Hall over new rules around who qualifies for low-barrier shelter beds, saying the change makes it harder for street homeless and immigrant New Yorkers to access those sites.
ICYMI, from other local newsrooms:
- Lawmakers in Albany are looking to pass a bill that would codify federal fair housing protections at the state level, out of fear the Trump administration could move to weaken them in Washington, Gothamist reported.
- Mayoral contender and Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani unveiled a plan to “construct 200,000 new permanently affordable, union-built, rent-stabilized homes over the next ten years,” amNY reported.
- The city’s Department of Social Services issued instructions to homeless shelter operators on what to do if ICE visits, advice which “gives workers a broad exception to allow federal immigration enforcement officers to enter shelters without a warrant,” according to reporting by Hell Gate.
- Manhattan Community Board 10 voted against the latest version of the One45 proposal in Harlem, where a developer is looking to build two 34-story apartment towers, The City reported.
- Staffers at Legal Services NYC, including its housing attorneys, are negotiating for a raise and warned of a potential strike, according to reporting by Brick Underground.
- Mayor Eric Adams made his annual pitch to Albany lawmakers with New York City’s state budget asks, which include pushing for $1.1 billion in funding for migrant services, City & State reported.
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Catherine and Arlette Bettsie Hamon
Affordable housing one of the main topics concerning American families, seniors and disabled.
A possible solution especially with Elon Musk and his boxables or tiny house communities. Everyone wants to feel safe and that your not at risk of losing your home on a day to day basis.
Perhaps focusing first on the American tax payer, retirees… whose money has been squandered by misuse. The last thing Americans want to hear is what is being done for illegals or migrants. Not that their isnt room for all but since Americans have been footing the bill for all the crazy the last 6 Years and their appears to be no accountability.
Safety and Security would be welcome and well deserved.
The news tells us everyday about misuse and abuse in the trillions. If this werent governmental it would be criminal or civil thus there would be accountability and perhaps compensation for the American people who feel ripped off. America seems to help everyone but puts their own people last. It isnt about enabling but moreover if you seek productivity the fundamental basics and comfort of home are necessary. Living in mold infested, discriminatory aged housing is by no means conducive to creating prosperity. Higher healthcare costs and more division is caused by resentment. The system creates a cycle of not allowing you to thrive when you can and being punished when you cant.
The basic necessity for housing creates stability, peace and the ability to decompress from life stressors. Then you can begin to rise and thrive.