Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.
Adi Talwar
Apartments along Grand Concourse near 170th Street in the Bronx, one of the neighborhoods in which many CityFHEPS voucher holders rent apartments.
Welcome to “What Happened in NYC Housing This Week?” where we compile the latest local news about housing, land use and homelessness. Know of a story we should include in next week’s roundup? Email us.
ICYMI, from City Limits:
- City voucher holders are predominately renting apartments in a handful of neighborhoods in the Bronx and Southeast Brooklyn, raising questions about the program’s ability to offer low-income New Yorkers more choice in where they live.
- You can now get free help with applying for the city’s affordable housing lotteries.
- Two nonprofits are offering up to $5,000 for resident-proposed climate projects that help green NYCHA campuses.
- Advocates are suing City Hall over new rules around who qualifies for low-barrier shelter beds, saying the change makes it harder for street homeless and immigrant New Yorkers to access those sites.
ICYMI, from other local newsrooms:
- Lawmakers in Albany are looking to pass a bill that would codify federal fair housing protections at the state level, out of fear the Trump administration could move to weaken them in Washington, Gothamist reported.
- Mayoral contender and Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani unveiled a plan to “construct 200,000 new permanently affordable, union-built, rent-stabilized homes over the next ten years,” amNY reported.
- The city’s Department of Social Services issued instructions to homeless shelter operators on what to do if ICE visits, advice which “gives workers a broad exception to allow federal immigration enforcement officers to enter shelters without a warrant,” according to reporting by Hell Gate.
- Manhattan Community Board 10 voted against the latest version of the One45 proposal in Harlem, where a developer is looking to build two 34-story apartment towers, The City reported.
- Staffers at Legal Services NYC, including its housing attorneys, are negotiating for a raise and warned of a potential strike, according to reporting by Brick Underground.
- Mayor Eric Adams made his annual pitch to Albany lawmakers with New York City’s state budget asks, which include pushing for $1.1 billion in funding for migrant services, City & State reported.
The post What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 7, 2025 appeared first on City Limits.
Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.
The post What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 7, 2025 appeared first on City Limits.
Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.
Adi Talwar
Apartments along Grand Concourse near 170th Street in the Bronx, one of the neighborhoods in which many CityFHEPS voucher holders rent apartments.
Welcome to “What Happened in NYC Housing This Week?” where we compile the latest local news about housing, land use and homelessness. Know of a story we should include in next week’s roundup? Email us.
ICYMI, from City Limits:
- City voucher holders are predominately renting apartments in a handful of neighborhoods in the Bronx and Southeast Brooklyn, raising questions about the program’s ability to offer low-income New Yorkers more choice in where they live.
- You can now get free help with applying for the city’s affordable housing lotteries.
- Two nonprofits are offering up to $5,000 for resident-proposed climate projects that help green NYCHA campuses.
- Advocates are suing City Hall over new rules around who qualifies for low-barrier shelter beds, saying the change makes it harder for street homeless and immigrant New Yorkers to access those sites.
ICYMI, from other local newsrooms:
- Lawmakers in Albany are looking to pass a bill that would codify federal fair housing protections at the state level, out of fear the Trump administration could move to weaken them in Washington, Gothamist reported.
- Mayoral contender and Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani unveiled a plan to “construct 200,000 new permanently affordable, union-built, rent-stabilized homes over the next ten years,” amNY reported.
- The city’s Department of Social Services issued instructions to homeless shelter operators on what to do if ICE visits, advice which “gives workers a broad exception to allow federal immigration enforcement officers to enter shelters without a warrant,” according to reporting by Hell Gate.
- Manhattan Community Board 10 voted against the latest version of the One45 proposal in Harlem, where a developer is looking to build two 34-story apartment towers, The City reported.
- Staffers at Legal Services NYC, including its housing attorneys, are negotiating for a raise and warned of a potential strike, according to reporting by Brick Underground.
- Mayor Eric Adams made his annual pitch to Albany lawmakers with New York City’s state budget asks, which include pushing for $1.1 billion in funding for migrant services, City & State reported.
The post What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 7, 2025 appeared first on City Limits.