Join the Center for The Future of Affordable Homeownership in NYC conference on September 30th! What is the state of affordable homeownership in New York City today? Come to our September 30 conference, the Future of Affordable Homeownership in NYC, to learn more about the challenges New York City homeowners are facing and hear about new […]
We’ve been busy this summer and we’re excited to share it all with you! Please read on for our summer newsletter. Fall Conference: The Future of Affordable Homeownership in NYC What is the state of affordable homeownership today? Join 300 of your peers in the fields of housing, finance, academia, government, and more to […]
Notice anything different? This month, we updated our website with a new logo and a new look that we’ve been working on for some time now — we’re excited to share it with you at long last! In developing our new look, we thought hard about what we wanted to convey. This was not just […]
Earlier this summer, the Center’s Executive Director Christie Peale and I spent a day in Southeast Queens connecting with homeowners in the neighborhood to talk about the most pressing challenges they’re facing. Rosedale We started our day in Rosedale, where we spoke to members of the Southeast Queens faith community at Council Member Donovan Richard’s […]
This is a guest post from Justin Haines, Director of the Foreclosure Prevention Unit at Legal Services NYC – Bronx. Justin has lead the Center’s training effort for citywide advocates for the past two years; he is our network expert on the all things related to the tax lien sale. This year, in coordination with […]
Last month saw three important developments in the world of flood insurance that will have a big impact on New York homeowners: first, New York City has formally appealed FEMA’s proposed flood maps; second, we rallied for proposed New York State legislation to bring justice to victims of Hurricane Sandy who were short-changed by insurance […]
Homeowners at risk of foreclosure got a big boost in this year’s City budget, which went into effect July 1st. This year, the New York City Council increased funding for at-risk homeowners to $2 million, an increase of $1.25 million from last year’s budget. This new funding will allow the Center to expand programming for […]
Did you know that since 2010, almost 3,000 New Yorkers have reported being victims of foreclosure rescue scams? And that’s just reported scams — many more homeowners have no doubt been scammed, but did not know how to report it, or were too embarrassed to come forward. Foreclosure and mortgage scams are a major threat […]
The Center is constantly on the lookout for emerging threats to homeowners – and combating foreclosure rescue scams continues to be a top priority. Recently we have seen an alarming increase in deed theft scams. Several individuals associated with Homeowner Assistance Services of New York and Launch Development LLC were recently charged in federal court […]
amNewYork provides an online mapping tool that shows the concentration of zombie properties in communities hard-hit by the foreclosure crisis. Check out this great special report on “zombie” properties in today’s amNewYork. The report, which documents the destructive impact that zombie properties have on their neighbors, provides a very useful new data and mapping […]
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