community land trusts
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Testimony Before NYC Council Committees Regarding the FY 2020 Community Land Trust Initiative
The proposed citywide CLT initiative will allow groups to build upon exciting progress at a critical moment of opportunity. The initiative will support essential CLT community education and organizing, board and member training, and other start-up costs; build capacity through legal, financial, and technical assistance; and promote coordination among CLTs so they reach a sustainable…
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Foreclosure Crisis Far from Over for NYC Neighborhoods of Color
More than a decade after the financial meltdown, how secure are New Yorkers from the threat of foreclosure? Our recent issue brief seeks to answer this question, based on our analysis of pre-foreclosure notices that mortgage servicers are required to send homeowners at least 90 days before filing a foreclosure action in New York State…
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The Laura Flanders Show: NYC Organizers Say #NOHQ2 and Win
The Laura Flanders Show — Our Juleon Robinson joins Maritza Silva-Farrell from ALIGN NY and Sasha Wijeyeratne from CAAAV to discuss a cooperative, community-led vision for economic development in New York.
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City Limits: NYC Needs Equitable Economic Development, Not The Amazon Deal
City Limits, Op-ed by Deyanira Del Rio and Andy Morrison — Unless you’ve been stuck under a rock – or perhaps on the 7 train – you’ve heard the news: the winner of the Amazon HQ2 sweepstakes is…Amazon. Two hundred and thirty-eight cities competed. Twenty finalists raced to the finish line. Two – New York…
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The Laura Flanders Show: Trump Year 2 – What’s Next?
The Laura Flanders Show — On this week’s Laura Flanders Show, our Co-Director Sarah Ludwig discusses the community-based work being done to counter the Trump administration and create lasting, transformational change.
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City Limits: The NYC Community Land Trust Movement Wants to Go Big
City Limits — The community land trust movement is on the rise in cities across the country from Miami to Oakland, but as of late, the Big Apple arguably ranks among the cities where the movement is most energized. Across the five boroughs, where for the past 20 years there’s been one community land trust…
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2017 Roundup
Check out this two-page snapshot highlighting some of New Economy Project’s work, events, and media coverage during 2017!
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The Nation: The Solution to Our Housing Crisis Is to Let Communities Own Property
The Nation — New York used to be a place where an average Joe could come to make it in the big city, but these days the average New Yorker struggles just to make rent.
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Gothamist: NYC Just Made Its Biggest Commitment Ever To A Radical Affordable Housing Model
Gothamist — City Hall is slowly starting to invest in an affordable housing model that can permanently remove parcels of land from the speculative housing market in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods.
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City Limits: City Dips Toe Into Funding Community Land Trusts
City Limits — Four New York City groups will receive a total of $1.65 million in funds from state bank settlements to assist in the development or expansion of community land trusts, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced today.