San Francisco mayor blasts “lefty movement” for blocking housing
San Francisco Mayor London Breed didn’t mince words in telling a leading podcast of her city’s tendency to torpedo...
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.
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Sunset Park faces severe affordable housing shortage: report
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US housing supply reaches nearly 40-year low
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Chicago affordable housing program has failed, report finds
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Chetrit family’s dev site buy tops weekly mid-market sales
There were three sales between $10 million to $30 million the week before Labor Day. A deal closed for...
Black-led banks combine, focused on multifamily housing
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What’s wrong with NYC housing? A lot, these folks say
Housing builders and policy pros on Wednesday laid bare some hard facts about New York City’s affordability crisis. Politicians...