New York City has spent $3.5 billion since 2014 sheltering the homeless but has done very little to improve the poorly maintained and unsafe living conditions endured by these populations…. 
At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, governors and local government officials issued executive orders instructing non-essential businesses to close and encouraged residents to shelter in place. In a matter…
There are few things more American than the prototypical American home—apple pie aside—and there are few things of more value to Americans than owning this home. In politics, presidents and…
Government disinvestment in public housing has catalyzed its downfall across America. Without proper funding or adequate oversight, public housing facilities – some built as far back as eight decades ago…
As someone who has spent her entire life living in a rent stabilized apartment in Stuyvesant Town, I find it incredibly difficult to understand why rent protection is such a…
On October 10, 2014, The Real Estate Finance Bureau of the New York State Attorney General’s office released a memorandum on a policy change that could potentially preserve thousands of…
Dasani Coates and her siblings in the room they shared with their parents in a Brooklyn homeless shelter. Image Credit: Ruth Fremson, New York Times By Shyama Venkateswar Earlier this week,…
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