City Pulls Rug on Homebuyer Grants, Leaving Applicants Stuck Between Floors
Housing agency puts 20-year-old program helping New Yorkers buy real estate on pause — leaving hopes and deeds up in the air.
Updated City Website Offers Info on Apartments Throughout the City
Tenants can use the online tool to track complaints about their unit, look up charges and lawsuits against their landlord, and more.
City Asks Locals for Input on Affordable Housing Coming to Boerum Hill
The city is reaching out to Boerum Hill residents to find out what they want to see in two new 100 percent affordable housing developments planned for city-owned parking lots.
Bed Stuy to Get Truly Affordable Complex With 238 Apartments, Food Co-op, Community Programs
The genuinely affordable development will have apartments for seniors and low-income families, a food co-op, workforce development program, and community-owned Internet service.
Construction of Long-Contested Affordable Housing in Broadway Triangle Poised to Begin
After more than a decade of wrangling that likely precipitated the downfall of at least one powerful Brooklyn politician, the city is finally moving ahead with building low-income housing in five buildings across three city-owned sites in the area known as Broadway Triangle.
City Mulls Ditching Controversial Property Transfer Program as Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Looms
Black and Hispanic property owners are seeking millions of dollars in restitution for property seized under New York City's controversial Third Party Transfer program.
Court Grants Tenants’ Calls for Takeover From Crown Heights ‘Slumlord’
A Brooklyn Housing Court judge removed the owner of 567 St. John's Place in Crown Heights from managing the eight-unit building after he failed to address hundreds of safety violations, according to tenants group Crown Heights Tenants Union.
Community Land Trust Wants to Turn NYPD Parking Lots Into Affordable Housing. Can They?
The East New York Community Land Trust has identified 73 city-owned lots it says are underutilized that could become affordable housing.
HPD Study Finds New Yorkers Need to Double Their Income to Afford City’s Higher Median Rent
New Yorkers need to double their average income just to afford the escalating median rent in the five boroughs, a study from the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) revealed.
Settlement Reached With Landlord After Years of Code and Tenant Harassment Violations
The city has reached a settlement over repeat building code and tenant harassment violations with a Brooklyn-based landlord who has topped the Public Advocate’s Worst Landlord list two years in a row.