Not too many decades ago, apartments were predominantly places where you lived if you couldn’t afford a house. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: apartments
Defining Affordable Housing From Harlem To Hollywood
Last week we posted the article The City’s ‘Unaffordable’ Affordable Housing Program In East Harlem, according to a recent study by Harvard University, 10.9 million renters (one in four) spend more than half of their income on housing. Continue Reading →
NYC Launches First Ever Tenant Resource Portal To Help Renters Aviod Eviction
Mayor de Blasio today announced the launch of the NYC Tenant Resource Portal, the city’s first-ever online resource to help residential renters access free resources from the City to help prevent evictions and keep tenants stably housed. Continue Reading →
New Senior Homes In Harlem Lottery Opens For 94 Below-Market Apartments (Update)
A Harlem senior housing development offering 94 apartments offered at below-market rents began accepting applications for its housing lottery this week. Continue Reading →
‘Below-Market’ At Lenox Avenue Apartments, Require $2,000+ Monthly Rent
A lottery for four Harlem apartments the city considers “affordable” is now accepting applications, but the “below-market” units require tenants to earn at least $76,000 incomes. Continue Reading →
Rezoning Rejected By Council Committee For Harlem’s Lenox Terrace
A controversial rezoning plan to double the size of Central Harlem’s Lenox Terrace apartment complex was rejected by members of the City Council’s subcommittee. Continue Reading →
City-Funded Housing Now Required To Include Apartments For The Homeless
New residential buildings receiving financial assistance from the city will have to set aside at least 15 percent of their units for the homeless under a bill passed by the City Council on Thursday, December 19th, 2019. Continue Reading →