135 Fewer Units at Ingersoll and Whitman
The Local reports that NYCHA’s long-running renovation of the Ingersoll and Whitman Houses in Fort Greene, which is supposed to be finished by December 2012, will result in 135 fewer apartments, or 3,366 in total, according to a spokesman for the housing authority. The reduction is occurring, according to the spokesman, because many of the…
The Local reports that NYCHA’s long-running renovation of the Ingersoll and Whitman Houses in Fort Greene, which is supposed to be finished by December 2012, will result in 135 fewer apartments, or 3,366 in total, according to a spokesman for the housing authority. The reduction is occurring, according to the spokesman, because many of the apartments “did not meet standard conditions,” and some were missing kitchens or complete bathrooms. Hundreds of the complexes’ units have been vacated over the past several years, and more than a thousand families have been relocated. NYCHA couldn’t say exactly how many apartments were currently vacant, though the article says there were 411 empty units in Ingersoll that were being renovated as of late in April.
Renovations Update: Whitman and Ingersoll To Reduce Units [The Local]
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agreeance would involve an opinion being put forth. i was only stating a fact.
*rob*
OMG! I’m actually agreeing with Rob.
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One bad apple doesn’t spoil the lot…
no, but 3 or 4 or 5 DO. that’s not the point tho. i agree the projects should not be taken down in NYC. projects are totally fine. it’s section 8 i have problems with. section 8 also artificially keeps rents high in high crime areas. one bedrooms in shitty areas should be like 400 bux. but because the government will pay a landlord OVER MARKET rate prices for apartments landlords often go that route cuz it’s easy money and they will get more than if the apt was market rate. section 8 really fucks it up for middle class renters…
*rob*
One bad apple doesn’t spoil the lot… LML
I live across the street for an old project and it caused only hanging out noise, which is NYC to the bone
NYC CANNOT take down the housing. Feds have to agree. Will NEVER happen, and anyone who told folks Ingersoll was closing were f’ing liars
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Two examples of people who grew up in pubilc housing are Sonia Sotomayer and Lloyd Blankfein.
im an example of someone who grew up in public housing too lol
*rob*
chris IS right, NYCHA is the best run public housing development in the country. i know tons of people want to tear down the projects, but i dont think NYC should do that at all. keep the housing, make it a priority for people actually working to live there, toss out the criminals, etc. too many cities completely demolished their projects, handed out section 8 vouchers and completely destroyed their surrounding inner ring suburbs. concentrated crime is bad yes, but spreading it around does just as much damage. and yes yes yes i know, MOST people in the projects are not bad people, but there’s still enough bad people to cause problems.
*rob*
Many. NYCHA is one of the better run housing authorities in the country. In its heyday, it provided up modern housing for working families. The security and stability provided many families the basis by which they could provide for their families in terms of an option other than substandard housing, stable communities with “traditional” values. Two examples of people who grew up in pubilc housing are Sonia Sotomayer and Lloyd Blankfein.
Changes in NYCHA and its tenants reflect changes in federal public policy as local municipalites covered to budgetary changes. In other words, a promised funding stream failed to materialize. Also, consider that in too many recent cases the head of NYCHA was a political appointee and not a professional manager or someone familiar with the uniqueness of NYCHA.
If you want to see public housing that doesn’t or didn’t work…look to Newark and Chicago.
Without NYCHA, we’d have 170,000 fewer affordable housing units in the city of new york, that is the redeeming quality dude
that being said, given NYCHA is the among best run big city federally regulated Housing Authority in the USA, why TF DOES IT TAKE THEM SO LONG TO RENO UNITS THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!
they got a great new CEO, maybe he can do something about it
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Is there any redeeming quality to the NYHA?
yeah. it keeps the NYC Metro suburbs safer lol.
*rob*