Affordable Housing
Housing Supply Growing, But Getting Outpaced by Population’s Swell, Jobs Boom
Sadef Ali Kully |
Why are rents climbing even as the number of housing units soars?
Affordable Housing
Watch it Here: Is Affordable Housing Really Fair Housing?
City Limits |
What does it mean to take into account “fair housing” concerns as the city implements Housing New York and as it pursues neighborhood rezonings?
Affordable Housing
Opinion Split at City Planning Commission Hearing on Proposed Inwood Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully |
Some Planning Commission members expressed concerns during their questioning of city officials.
The Global Squeeze
The Lessons NYC Activists Have for Those Fighting Displacement the World Over
Daniel Bates |
Learn from defeat. Think big. Follow the money. And organize, organize, organize.
Affordable Housing
Much Dread, Some Hope at Inwood Rezoning Community Discussion
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez’s community meeting on Sunday came midway through the public review procedure through which the Inwood rezoning will be approved or disproved.
City Rejects Bid to Landmark Century-Old Flatbush Church Slated for Demolition
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‘In a city the size of New York, with its many religious structures, the Commission must be very selective in choosing examples of this building type for designation as individual landmarks,’ the LPC says.
Affordable Housing
Brewer Votes No With Conditions on Inwood Rezoning
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Her decision is non-binding, but sends a message to the de Blasio administration that EDC’s plans for Inwood requires substantial changes.
Affordable Housing
Council Report Lays Out Agenda to Address NYC’s Segregation
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The report interrogates the meaning of integration in a gentrifying city and sets out 12 policy recommendations related to housing, schools and infrastructure.
Affordable Housing
Worries About Whether City is Keeping Tabs on Development in East New York
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The city says it’s committed to maximizing the creation of affordable housing in East New York, but local advocates wonder whether its efforts are sufficient.
Affordable Housing
Evaluating the Rent Crisis: 10 Facts from the Housing Vacancy Survey and Advocates’ Reactions
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
At a City Council hearing on Monday, advocates evaluated new census data on the city’s housing emergency.
