CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Optimism on Massive Portfolio of Working-Class Housing
Jarrett Murphy |
Advocates hoped a new owner would take on the troubled “three-borough pool.” But they welcome a deal with the state AG protecting tenants’ rights.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
NYC's Housing Crunch is Part of National Crisis
Jarrett Murphy |
A new report finds renters are being priced out of housing across the country—not because of a lack of supply, but because of the inadequacy of our incomes.
Brooklyn
Details Delayed For Long-Stalled NYCHA Project
Makini Brice |
After being torn down for a redevelopment that proved too pricey to complete, Prospect Plaza is being replaced by a mix of public- and affordable housing. The metrics of that mix are still being worked out.
Brooklyn
Tenants Form Union to Fight Gentrification
Ian Marsh |
In the struggle to hold on to their places in neighborhoods where rents are rising rapidly, a group in Crown Heights is hoping there’s strength in numbers.
Housing and Homelessness
In Sunset Park, Demise of Affordable Units Feared
Norman Oder |
Hundreds of apartments covered by Section 8—key anchors in a neighborhood where affordability is threatened by gentrification—are slated to leave the program.
Affordable Housing
New Push For Banks to Monitor Building Conditions
Jack Newfield Reporting Class |
For decades housing advocates have hounded negligent property owners. Now there’s increasing focus on the lenders who permit them to buy other peoples’ homes.
Housing and Homelessness
Churches Become Housing in Bushwick
Ian Marsh |
One former Lutheran church being converted to housing will include affordable units. It’s unclear whether another former house of worship will offer non-market apartments as well.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
HPD Responds to Criticism of Project Linked to Deputy Mayor
Eric Enderlin |
The agency says The Bradford, which serves families making up to $194,000, was a wise use of resources to achieve income diversity and supply affordable housing to under-served income groups.
Affordable Housing
Pricey Building Raises Questions for De Blasio Housing Plan
Kerim Odekon |
A development that used generous subsidies and largely offered high-rent units represents the kind of deal the mayor’s affordable housing initiative ought to avoid.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Can de Blasio Make the Rents Less Damn High?
Jarrett Murphy |
The mayor’s appointments to the Rent Guidelines Board will be critical to protecting nearly a million households.
