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Stonewall House is the first LGBT-friendly affordable housing for seniors in the state of New York and the largest in the nation.Stonewall House. Image courtesy of BFC Partners New York State’s first LGBT-friendly affordable elder housing featuring 145 units has opened in Fort Greene, Brooklyn...
Community land trusts are expanding across the city, and during a panel at Pratt Institute last week, local leaders in the movement said the trend could mean big things for affordable housing in Brooklyn's communities of color. Community land trusts are nonprofit organizations that buy land off ...
A first-of-its-kind public library opened in Brooklyn on Wednesday. It's part of a new development model that includes affordable housing. CBS New York's Hannah Kliger shows us how different institutions came together to solve two problems at o
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A key element of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's New Housing Marketplace program has been the use of voluntary inclusionary zoning, through which private developers have been offered tax breaks and density bonuses to develop affordable housing on newly rezoned land. While this program has...
Petition asks Cuomo to ensure affordable housing in Brooklyn.The article reports on the launch of an online petition by civic associations and community-based organizations in Brooklyn, New York, to Governor Andrew Cuomo to stop the sale of interests in Atlantic Yards Development Project to Chinese...
Brooklyn Heights 146 Pierrepont St. (via Housing Connect) 146 Pierrepont St.: 23 affordable apartments ranging from $596 per month for a studio to $2,993 per month for a two-bedroom; apply by March 27th. Amenities: Attended lobby, on-site resident manager, fitness center, resident lounge,...
In Brooklyn, the only New York City borough to lose population last year, housinginvestors have driven away first-time buyersby snapping up the remaining affordable housing, according to an April report from the Center for NYC Neighborhoods, a public-private partnership that promotes aff...
On January 16, 2013, New York City Housing authority (NYCHA) Chairman John B. Rhea and New York City Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner mathew m. Wambua announced the selection of a development team for Prospect Plaza in Ocean Hill-Brownsville in Brooklyn. The agencies have...