Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed reviving the 421-a tax break for housing construction under the name the “Affordable New York….
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El norte de Manhattan alza la voz sobre los planes de la ciudad para la Biblioteca de Inwood
A principios de enero, el Departamento de Conservación y Desarrollo de Vivienda (Department of Housing Preservation y Development, HPD) municipal hizo….
Northern Manhattan Speaks Out on City’s Inwood Library Plans
Early in January, the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development announced that it plans to demolish the Inwood Library…..
Tenant Groups Protest Cuomo’s ‘Abject Failure’ on Housing
As Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered the first of his six State of the State addresses in Manhattan Jan. 9, housing….
Met Council Honors 3 With First ‘Jane Awards’
Supportive-housing advocate Edline Jacquet, Inwood-Washington Heights activist Graham Ciraulo, and Housing Works organizer Jaron Benjamin received Met Council’s first annual….
Manhattan Meeting Confronts ‘Construction as Harassment’
With “construction as harassment” a burgeoning problem throughout the city, about 100 people filled Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer’s office….
Incendio fatal en Oakland pone de manifiesto la necesidad urgente de vivienda segura para artistas
BERKELEY, CA—La tragedia de la Nave Fantasma, el incendio que mató a 36 personas en una fiesta electrónica-baile-música en un….
Fatal Oakland Fire Exposes Desperate Need for Safe Artists’ Housing
BERKELEY, Calif.—The Ghost Ship tragedy, the fire that killed 36 people at an electronic-dance-music party in an artist-occupied warehouse in….
Wait! Is There Still a Possibility Democrats Could Control the State Senate?
When the dust settled after the polls closed on Nov. 8, it looked as if the Republicans had held onto….
Queens Needs a Strong Anti-Gentrification Movement
On Oct. 5, a group of Queens activists under the banner Queens Is Not For Sale disrupted a conference sponsored….
MCI Loophole Enables Massive Rent Increases
Marco Angel thought his apartment was fine the way it was. Angel, a 43-year-old lawyer with combed-back black hair and….
Three California Cities Vote Rent-Control Laws
Rent-control initiatives put on ballots in several San Francisco Bay Area cities by residents trying to deal with crushing housing….
Seven California Cities to Vote on Rent Control
With housing costs in the San Francisco Bay Area skyrocketing, five suburban cities will vote this November on whether to….
L.A. Limits Buyouts
In Los Angeles, they call it “cash for keys” instead of a “buyout,” but the practice is the same: landlords….
‘Vivienda asequible’ debe significar vivienda para todos
Hace algunos meses, una amiga vecina me invitó a una reunión en la iglesia del Buen Pastor (Church of the….