Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Paying Rents and Mortgages During the Pandemic

Here’s What to Do If You Can’t Pay Rent or Mortgage Due to Coronavirus

If someone is out of work thanks to the coronavirus crisis and can’t pay the rent or mortgage, what can they do? The situation is changing rapidly so what works today may not apply tomorrow.

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Coronavirus Surges in Hasidic Brooklyn as Schools Remain Open and Weddings Continue

Despite a ban on gatherings of nearly any size and calls for social distancing, Hasidic schools continued to operate in late March and weddings proceeded as usual.

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Massive Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 199 Units in East New York, Starting at $328 a Month

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 199 units in a nine-story building at 911 Erskine Street in East New York. The building under construction is one of eight planned as part of the redevelopment of the former state-run Brooklyn Developmental Center site.

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Apartment Owners Say Rent Help to Prevent ‘Total Economic Collapse’ Is Not Enough

As a $2 trillion aid package races through Congress, two groups representing owners of apartment buildings praised the effort but said more help is urgently needed to stabilize housing and the economy thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Brooklyn Coronavirus Update and Open Thread: April Fool’s Day, Rents Due (4/1/20)

We’re in the third week of sheltering in place and the eighth day of distance learning for New York City schools.

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