affordable housing

New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (Credit: Monica Miller/WCBS 880)

De Blasio: City Is In Dire Need Of More Affordable Housing

New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio on Sunday presented a plan to preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing, thus meeting the city’s demands over the decade to come.

2013/04/28

Cans of Food (file / credit: clipart.com)

Study: Long Island Poor Lack Access To Healthy Food

A forum was held in Garden City Tuesday morning, called “The Truth and the Facts: Food Inequality on Long Island.”

2013/04/09

FILE - A view of residential buildings at Co-op City in the Bronx. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

$621 Million Loan Coming For Co-Op City In The Bronx

Co-Op City in the Bronx, the nation’s largest cooperative housing complex, was set Wednesday to receive a government-insured $621 million loan that will require it to stay in an affordable housing program for decades.

2012/11/28

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino (file / credit: Westchester County)

Westchester County Executive Meets With HUD Secretary In Washington

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino says he came to no agreement with Shaun Donovan, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, about Westchester’s housing desegregation settlement.

2011/07/27

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino (credit: Westchester County)

Westchester County Executive Fuming Over Housing Settlement

Rob Astorino says he won’t work with a gun to his head.

2011/07/15

Long Island Rail Road Station - Farmingdale, NY (file / credit: MTA)

Farmingdale Looks To Woo Young People With Affordable Housing

Lots of folks already come to the village of Farmingdale on Long Island to shop, eat, and take a nearby Long Island Rail Road train.

2011/07/13

Housing Sales (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Conn. Lawmakers To Discuss Veterans Housing Bill

Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would give preference to veterans among those seeking affordable or subsidized housing.

2011/02/05

Westchester County Exective Rob Astorino - File / Photo: Westchester County

Westchester Ahead Of Schedule On Affordable Housing

Westchester County officials say they are a year and a half ahead of schedule on the federal housing desegregation settlement.

2011/01/28

Residents of the Father Pat Carroll Green affordable housing development say the found pipes, toilet seats and mufflers in the backyards of their new homes.

New Homeowners Sue Yonkers Over Shoddy Construction

It was supposed to give first-time homebuyers in Yonkers a chance at “the American dream,” but they say when they say when they moved in, the nightmare began.

2010/12/02