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Housing Starts: Hope in West Baltimore | Invisible Homeless Children | New Bronx Housing
Rent burdened tenants in Baltimore have hope. The New York Times gives a real look at child homelessness in New York City. The Bronx is expecting new affordable senior housing.
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News & Events
Furman Center Receives the Empire Award for Leadership in Affordable Housing
New York Housing Conference and National Housing Conference recognize the Furman Center and directors Vicki Been and Ingrid Gould Ellen for their leadership in providing objective, policy-relevant research.
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Data Updates
Safer Streets Across All Beats?
Violent crime declined in all but one of NYC’s 76 police precincts from 2000 to 2011, but the magnitude of the decline varied across neighborhoods.
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Housing Starts: Obama on Inequality | Profiting Housing Homeless | Can deBlasio Stop Gentrification?
Obama speaks about income inequality; Private equity invests in multifamily housing, to tenants chagrin; Top U.S. banks, including Citigroup and J.P. Morgan Chase, faulted for not complying with settlement.
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News & Events
Furman Center Policy Breakfast: How Private Should Public Housing Go?
On December 4th, the Furman Center’s hosted a policy breakfast that brought together both private and public perspectives from New York City and around the country to explore how the private sector can and should help preserve public housing.
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How to Enter a Housing Lottery | Difficulty in Feeding City Homeless | Co-Living in San Francisco
If you’re rent burdened in New York, you may be able to enter a housing lottery. Cities crack down on public feeding of homeless individuals. San Francisco explores ‘co-living’ as one answer to overpriced housing.
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News & Events
Furman Center’s Talking Transition Panel Outlines How to Make NYC Property Taxes Fairer
The Furman Center’s panel at Talking Transition highlighted NYC’s property tax inequities and detailed steps the incoming NYC’s mayoral administration could take to address these inequities.
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Medicaid Expansion Snags | NYC’s First Foreclosure-Rescue Lawsuit | Homelessness Up in NYC
New medicaid provision hits snag for New York City’s homeless. A new kind of foreclosure-rescue lawsuit in NYC. Homelessness numbers have increased in New York City.
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Housing Starts: NYC Illegal Units | NYCHA Repairs in Time for Christmas | Wall Street Refinances
Bringing illegal units into the regulatory system is a cornerstone of de Blasio’s housing plan; Work begins on a 206-unit joint venture in the Bronx; For low income New Yorkers, the choice may be between abuse or homelessness.
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Homelessness & de Blasio | NYCHA to Ease Offender Restrictions | A Call to Expedite Atlantic Yards
Will de Blasio be able to tackle NYC homelessness? NYCHA to ease restrictions on ex-inmates into public housing through pilot program. Housing and building advocates call for construction to be expedited at Atlantic Yards.