#affordable housing
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Via HellgatenycWe're Finally Getting the Affordable Housing Bill That Eric Adams Tried to Kill
The City Council has passed the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, a bill granting housing nonprofits first refusal on the sales of over 2,000 apartment buildings to preserve affordable housing.
· 13 days agonewsreal-estatepolitics
Via CurbedGowanopolis Rising
A documentary by residents Jamie Courville and Chris Reynolds captures the radical physical transformation of Gowanus following its 2021 rezoning and federal Superfund cleanup.
· 25 days agoreal-estatenewsbusiness
Via HellgatenycThe Rent Freeze Starts Today. Landlords Think a Search of Mamdani's Texts Could Overturn It
Landlords are seeking to overturn a historic rent freeze by searching Mayor Zohran Mamdani's personal and professional communications for evidence of improper influence.
· about 1 month agoreal-estatepoliticsnews
Via BklynlibraryPOTW: Housing Starts: The Riverside Buildings and the Push for Affordable Housing in Brooklyn | Brooklyn Public Library
The Riverside Buildings, completed in 1890 as a model for affordable housing in Brooklyn Heights, remain a landmark of 19th-century progressive reform despite losing nearly half the complex to BQE construction.
· 4 months agoreal-estatehistorynature