Sacred Ground
Judith Matloff |
As churches make real estate part of their mission, some Harlem residents pray for relief.
As churches make real estate part of their mission, some Harlem residents pray for relief.
Many low-income tenant co-ops battle looming debt and crumbling structures.
Being a landlord might bring in cash, but it’s tough work, in which disaster is always around the corner. One of the city’s most successful nonprofits is giving it a shot anyway.
Brooklyn candidate Susan Lasher would have trouble winning Harlem, where residents say a building she owns blights 140th Street.
The city’s housing agency promised upwardly mobile buyers Harlem dream homes and a subsidy to make them happen. But in the hands of private builders, plans for chef’s kitchens and marble bathrooms are translating into endless, often hopeless, construction.