Here’s a summary of some of the latest affordable housing updates all gathered from the Curbed NY /Affordable Housing section. If you or someone you know can benefit from this information, please pass it along. Deadlines for lottery applications range from September 27th, to October 2nd to October 31st. Crown Heights 33 Units – September 27th Deadline: Crown Heights has 33…
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Sep
Can We Have an Affordable Housing Cake Where the People that Need it Most Get to Eat it Too?
18 SepWell, we can plan for it… According to the Real Deal Jonathan Rose and Company in partnership with 125 investors including Ford, Deutsche Bank AG’s Community Development Finance Group, an asset management arm of TIAA, Nueveen, private individuals, family offices, pension funds, banks and nonprofit foundations, have raised $233 million for a fund dedicated to Affordable Housing. A surge in…
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Jul
Update on Mayor De Blasio’s 10 Year Affordable Housing Plan
28 JulInside the article from the Wall Street Journal – “New York City Officials Say Affordable Housing Push is Working.” Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen and other housing officials stated, construction has begun on 20,800 new low & moderate income housing units in NY and 4,145 new units have been completed since 2014, the start of the initiative. Though an estimated 7,500…
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Jul
Girls Invent Solar Panel Tents for People Who are Homeless
16 JulThis is a truly inspiring story and accomplishment by the “DIY Girls” which stands for “Do It Yourself” Girls who’ve just invented, for homeless people, a solar paneled tent that converts into a backpack. It comes equipped with “button powered lights, two USB ports a micro-USB port and…testing a sanitizing UVC light…” Yeah. Quite awesome. DIY began in 2012, with…