Data is essential to understanding the state of affordable homeownership in New York. We use data visualizations, maps, and more to identify and assess existing and emerging neighborhood needs and to create innovative programs to help middle- and working-class homeowners. Are you a reporter working on a story or a policymaker who needs help understanding […]
From New York to California, communities struggling with a shortage of affordable housing are giving renewed attention to a model of housing preservation that ensures home prices and rents stay within reach for low-income households. That’s why more and more cities are turning to community land trusts. In the community land trust model, a nonprofit […]
City Council Member Rafael Espinal Jr. (D-Bushwick, East New York) along with the City’s Department of Housing and Preservation Development (HPD) Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer today will officially launch the East New York Homeowner Help Desk at a Homeowner Forum & Resource Fair. The Homeowner Help Desk is a vital resource Espinal secured as part of the […]
East New York and Cypress Hills are in the midst of major changes, from gentrification to the 2016 rezoning that has the potential to change the area forever. Cypress Hills Community Development Corp. seeks to maintain affordable housing in the area by helping low income and elderly homeowners stay in their homes and not fall […]
Linda Gold’s husband died the night of Hurricane Sandy trying to save their home from the storm. “I had lost my husband and my house was in ruins,” she says. Even while facing unimaginable loss, Gold was about to begin a nightmarish journey to try to rebuild her home and her life. Gold, with her […]
Seven years ago Deonarine Persaud and his wife paid off the mortgage on the single-family house in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, that they’d acquired in 1989 for $120,000. Shortly after, however, their health started to fail. Persaud had a heart attack, and his wife had to retire early from her job as a nurse because she […]
We are pleased to join with our fellow members of the Coalition for Affordable Homes in releasing a new report that analyzes the unequal impact of New York City’s tax lien sale on homeowners. The report, “Compounding Debt: Race, Affordability, and NYC’s Tax Lien Sale,” finds that the City is six times more likely to […]
OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 21, 2016 CONTACT: Cristian Salazar, 646-786-0898, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, cristian.salazar@cnycn.org The Coalition for Affordable Homes Releases Report on Impact of New York City’s Tax Lien Sale on Small Homeowners Coalition of 28 organizations finds lien sale disproportionately affects communities of color, leads to onerous fees and interest payments that enrich […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 14, 2016 CONTACT: Marshall Sitten, marshall.sitten@citi.com or Cristian Salazar, 646-786-0898, cristian.salazar@cnycn.org Center for NYC Neighborhoods and Citi announce joint effort to advance groundbreaking community land trust for affordable homeownership Innovative model for community-controlled ownership aims to defend neighborhoods from gentrification and safeguard long-term affordability; Citi to provide seed funding to establish […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 18, 2016 CONTACT: Cristian Salazar, 646-786-0898, cristian.salazar@cnycn.org Center for NYC Neighborhoods Launches Year-long Study of Homeowner Displacement in East New York and surrounding communities Non-profit seeks to use qualitative and quantitative methods to understand displacement in East New York, Brownsville, Cypress Hills and Ocean Hill; study will seek to develop policy […]
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