Housing and Homelessness
Housing Events in NYC This Week: April 27-May 3
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Government
HUD Rule Changes Will Ease Housing Barriers for Tenants with Criminal History, Officials Say
Tatyana Turner |
Through updated policies, HUD will require landlords—including public housing authorities like NYCHA, and property owners who accept HUD-affiliated housing vouchers—to take a more holistic approach when vetting potential renters.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: It’s Time for Supportive Housing to Live Up to its Name
Anita Coote, Corey O’Connor, Trish Taylor, Sean Murray and BM |
“For decades, the government agencies that oversee and fund the supportive housing systems have disregarded the voices and needs of applicants and tenants, and instead prioritized the needs of providers, landlords, and developers.”
Housing and Homelessness
Harlem Tenant Threatened With Eviction Was Overcharged for Years Under Rent Rules, Court Docs Claim
Dashiell Allen |
Seventeen previously rent-stabilized apartments in Cristina Ramirez’s Harlem building haven’t been registered with the state since 2018. Her legal team says her case is illustrative of the need for greater enforcement of New York’s rent laws.
Government
Asociación entre alcaldía y organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro ha recaudado $2 millones de dólares y cientos de bicicletas para inmigrantes
Daniel Parra |
Mientras el alcalde sigue insistiendo en conseguir fondos estatales y federales para compensar el costo de los programas de asistencia a los inmigrantes, también ha publicitado iniciativas independientes para recaudar fondos más allá de las arcas del gobierno. El principal fondo de donaciones, recaudado por el Mayor’s Fund to Advance NYC, aún no se ha distribuido.
Housing and Homelessness
Housing Events in NYC This Week: April 20-27
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Government
HUD Directs $60 Million to Shelter Street Homeless New Yorkers
Tatyana Turner |
That funding will go towards the New York City Continuum of Care (CoC) to address street homelessness, including the creation of a centralized “unit” to connect people with outreach teams and resources for finding shelter, healthcare and stable housing.
Government
City to Rehab ‘Chronically Vacant’ Rent-Stabilized Apartments for Tenants With Vouchers
Jeanmarie Evelly |
The initiative will invest $10 million to repair stabilized units that have sat empty, and turn them over to tenants with rental assistance vouchers—what the administration described as a “creative way” to boost the city’s affordable housing stock and increase options for voucher holders, who often facing discrimination from landlords and brokers.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Public Banking is a Win for New York’s Tenants
Roy Zornow and Elizabeth Haak |
“As tenants who have suffered under aggressive landlords funded by predatory lenders, we urge our lawmakers to support the creation of public banks, mission-driven to provide affordable financing to responsible buyers of multifamily dwellings.” Adi Talwar444 East 13th Street in the East Village, formerly owned by notorious landlord Rafi Toledano
CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today! Signature Bank’s sudden collapse has revealed what many of us in the housing justice movement already knew: The bank’s business model relied on speculative and often predatory practices in the name of maximizing profits.As tenants who have suffered under aggressive landlords funded by predatory lenders, we urge our lawmakers to support the creation of public banks, mission-driven to provide affordable financing to responsible buyers of multifamily dwellings.We have seen Signature’s speculative and predatory business model up close. In May 2015, Signature Bank and Madison Realty Capital (MRC) underwrote loans to Rafi Toledano who purchased a portfolio of buildings in the East Village and Chelsea.
Economy
City Looks to Expand Support for Entrepreneurs Who Call NYCHA Home
Tatyana Turner |
Niani Taylor, who lives in Brooklyn’s Van Dyke Houses, is among the small but growing number of NYCHA residents who report income from self-employment. Advocates say the Housing Authority could foster more entrepreneurs by expanding initiatives like its Business Pathways program, which helped Taylor grow her catering company. “I put my all into it.”
