community land trusts
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The City: Council and Mayor Move to Revive Stalled Property Tax Debt Collections
The City — The City Council is resurrecting a system to collect unpaid property taxes after a nearly three-year hiatus, adding new safeguards for vulnerable owners.
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Electeds, Groups Rally at City Hall for Enactment of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act
On Thursday, more than 50 community, housing, and environmental justice groups and elected officials rallied at City Hall for enactment of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), which would give community land trusts (CLTs) and other nonprofits a first right to bid on multifamily buildings when a landlord sells. COPA – which was reintroduced at Thursday’s…
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Testimony to the NYC Council Finance Committee & Committee on Housing and Buildings
Good afternoon, Committee Chairs Brannan and Sanchez and members of the Finance and Housing Committees, and thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Will Spisak and I am a Senior Program Associate at New Economy Project, a citywide organization that works with community groups to build a just economy based on cooperation,…
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Groups, Tenants, Electeds Rally at City Hall, Demand Council Boost Community Land Trusts To Keep New Yorkers Housed
On Thursday, more than 50 community, housing, and environmental justice groups and elected officials rallied at City Hall for the Community Land Act, a slate of local bills that would give community land trusts (CLTs) tools to remove land from the speculative market and expand community- and tenant-controlled permanently affordable housing in Black and brown neighborhoods.…
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The City: Pushback Grows as Council and Mayor Hash Out Deal to Revive Property Debt Sell-Off
The City — With Mayor Eric Adams’ administration and the City Council in talks to revive a controversial property tax-collection program that died more than two years ago, some community advocates are pushing to keep the tax lien sales system in the ground.
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Gothamist: Want to own your NYC apartment? This nonprofit is helping renters buy their units.
How would you like to own your apartment after years of renting? The East New York Community Land Trust bought a 21-unit, rent-stabilized apartment building on Arlington Avenue for just over $3 million late last month and plans to help tenants convert to co-op units in the coming years.
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Amsterdam News: AM Mitaynes makes another push to pass TOPA housing law
The Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) is a solution to maintaining affordable housing stock amid a housing crisis throughout the state, advocates say. The act gives tenants the chance to make an offer on a building before a landlord sells to an outside party.
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Tenants, Community Groups, and Electeds Launch Campaign to Pass the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act With Rally in Brooklyn
As soaring housing costs continue to push New Yorkers out of their neighborhoods and the state, members of the Housing Justice for All and New York City Community Land Initiative coalitions rallied with elected officials, tenants and other advocates on Thursday to demand passage of the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) in this year’s…
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News12: Local leaders launch campaign to pass Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act
Community groups and elected officials are kicking off a campaign to pass the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, or TOPA.