Inwood affordable housing project moves forward after rezoning fight
After a legal battle that lasted nearly three years, Inwood’s first affordable housing project since the revival of the...
Affordable Housing
Housing is considered affordable if it costs one-third or less of a household’s income and is stabilized to avoid rent increases over time.
Affordable Housing Q&A
Why is affordable housing an issue?
Affordable housing can allow residents financial security and stability. However, many landlords and property owners argue that stabilized rents for affordable housing make renovating and maintaining property difficult or impossible. There are different opinions about the impact of affordable housing on neighborhoods, whether or not the government is obligated to provide and create affordable housing, and how and to whom affordable housing should be made available.
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Affordable Housing Top Stories
August 14, 2019—An affordable housing building from Grand Street Guild is coming to the Lower East Side
August 9, 2019—Kanye West has been cited for violating city code while building his “Star Wars”-inspired affordable housing domes.
The Latest
Workforce Housing Group solar deal will also pay for broadband
An affordable housing developer will use solar energy savings to provide free Wi-Fi for tenants in 22 buildings in...
Bronx multifamily development gets $63M loan
Simon Kaufman’s YS Developers scored a $63 million construction loan for a 14-story, 151-unit residential development in the Bronx....
City Council to require racial equity reports for rezonings
The City Council is set to pass a bill forcing developers to include a “racial equity report” with certain...
Camber Property buys bankrupt Hell’s Kitchen building for $40M
UPDATED, June 11, 6:11 p.m.: Workforce housing developer Camber Property Group acquired a Hell’s Kitchen apartment building out of...
Slate JV plans affordable housing complex in Brownsville
Slate Property Group is teaming up with nonprofit RiseBoro Community Partnership to build a 215-unit affordable housing project in...
Parkway Hospital’s redevelopment plan has a pulse
Parkway Hospital in Forest Hills closed for good in 2008, and since then attempts to redevelop the 100,000-square-foot building...
Los Angeles
Google gets go-ahead to build mega-campus
Google will build it, and mostly likely they will come. The tech behemoth received the green light from San Jose city officials to develop its 80-acre mega-campus with residential, office and retail space, according...
Low-income tenants saw rent debt jump during pandemic
It’s clear that the pandemic has impacted New Yorkers’ ability to pay rent. What’s less clear is exactly how...
National Issue
The social housing movement picks up steam
When Shaya Schreiber started searching for a home in Madison, Wisconsin, her options were limited. Student loans made the single mother of two ineligible for certain affordable housing and a market-rate home was beyond...