News — Affordable Housing
Plenty of Apartments…If You’ve Got Plenty of Money: Key Points from Selected Initial Findings of the 2021 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (HVS)
Press Release: Good Cause Won’t Hurt Housing Supply in New York, New Report Finds
Legislative Memorandum in Support of A 7805A
We believe this is an urgent, one-time opportunity for the state to create a public-benefit corporation with the potential to access the full capital funding NYCHA needs to address its $40 billion backlog in infrastructural repairs and restore decent conditions to all of New York City’s public housing residents.
Testimony: Solving Homelessness Through Housing and Social Supports
The choice is simple: We can spend our public money on maintaining homelessness through thousands more street sweeps, or we can spend our public money on housing and social supports.
Testimony: The Rent Guidelines Board Should Reject Calls For Rent Increase
Press Release: State Budget Funds Important Investments in Health Coverage, Consumer Assistance Programs and Child Care, But Serious Issues Remain
Two years since the the beginning of the pandemic and an economic recession that disproportionately impacted low-income Black and brown residents, Governor Hochul and the State Legislature last Friday announced a budget agreement that advances important investments.
Press Release: “Affordable New York” Has Failed to Make New York Affordable, New CSS Report Finds
Testimony: Housing Priorities and the FY23 Preliminary Budget
As New York City continues its recovery process, CSS housing analyst Oksana Mironova provides seven recommendations to the NYC Council Committee on Housing and Buildings.
Right to Counsel Works: Why New York State’s tenants need universal access to lawyers during evictions
Before the pandemic, evictions were a major contributor to instability in low-income neighborhoods of color. Over the past few years, we have found a correlation between neighborhoods with a high share of black or Latinx renters and evictions, controlling for poverty levels.
Testimony: How to Address NYC’s Looming Eviction Crisis
The pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing racial and class inequalities in our city. Today, nearly 220,000 renter households have been sued for eviction in housing court.
Testimony: Policy Recommendations for NYC’s Covid-19 Recovery
As New York City continues its recovery process, we provide the following recommendations to stabilize the lives of low-income New Yorkers.
Testimony: Beacon Tenants Deserve Stability
Good Cause eviction protections strengthen not only individual tenants, but entire communities. They provide tenants with a baseline ability to plan their lives, have some housing stability, and live secure in the knowledge that they will not be arbitrarily driven from their homes.
Testimony: Fund Affordable, Supportive and Social Housing Across New York State
Testimony: Good Cause Eviction Brings Widespread Benefits to New York
According to our 2021 Unheard Third survey—the longest running scientific survey of low-income communities in the nation— 41 percent of low-income respondents lost employment income in their household during the pandemic, compared to 29 percent of those with moderate to higher incomes. Today, nearly 92,000 people across the state are homeless.