What Happened This Week in NYC Housing?

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

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:

• The NYC Council released a response to Mayor Eric Adams’ preliminary budget proposal that seeks billions of additional dollars for programs and services, including funds for housing and maintenance at NYCHA. Housing Chair and Councilmember Pierina Sanchez said she wants to see more money go to preservation efforts to fix up the city’s aging housing stock, and to hire more staff at the Department of Buildings and the Department of Housing, Preservation and Development.
• President Trump’s U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which will create “a point of contact” between the two federal agencies to share data about undocumented immigrants living in government-subsidized housing. What does it mean for NYC?
• “Through a tax on the mega-rich, the Livable New York Act would fund 100,000 units of deeply affordable housing and transition every building in New York off of fossil fuels over the next 10 years—all while creating tens of thousands of good union jobs for New Yorkers.” Read the oped here.

ICYMI, from other local newsrooms:

• For the first time in seven years, the city seized a violation-riddled property from its landlord under its Third Party Transfer program, Gothamist reports.
• Meet the New Yorkers who work full time but still can’t afford a place to live, via the New York Times.
• A NYCHA tenant is suing the housing authority because her apartment is inaccessible for her wheelchair, The City reports.
• The City Council passed a bill to double the number of public restrooms—an important resource for homeless New Yorkers—over the next 10 years, NY1 reports.