fair housing
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Shelterforce: Giving Tenants the First Opportunity to Purchase Their Homes
Shelterforce — As state and local economies attempt to reopen, and eviction moratoriums expire, millions of Americans once again face losing their homes. While these moratoriums have temporarily protected renters who may be unemployed and unable to pay rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic, elected officials are waking up to the reality that additional, far-reaching…
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City Limits: Advocates: NYC Needs More Money, New Model to Meet Housing Crisis
City Limits — Housing advocates and elected officials released a new plan Thursday which calls on the de Blasio administration and City Council to support more development of community land trusts, maintain tenant protections, restore the city’s affordable housing budget and create new a path to homeownership.
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From the Boogiedown to Beantown: A CLT Road Trip
This is the second in a series of reports on exchanges with community land trusts across the U.S. Read more about our visits with CLTs in California and Seattle.New Economy Project and NYC Community Land Initiative recently wrapped up a dynamic, two-year community land trust (CLT) learning exchange for NYC groups. In November, we took our…
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Gothamist: Tenants Would Get Priority To Buy Their Landlord’s Building Under New Bill
Gothamist — A Brooklyn state senator is drafting a bill that would give tenants priority to buy their landlord’s building should the property go up for sale.
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The Real Deal: Bill: Make Landlords Give Tenants First Shot to Buy Buildings
The Real Deal — Landlords who want out of the multifamily market after last year’s rent-law shakeup should have to offer their buildings to tenants first, a Democratic state senator says.
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Daily News: Six ‘Worst Banks of 2019’ get awards in shaming ceremony at City Hall
New York Daily News — New Yorkers can bank on these companies to do the wrong thing, advocates say. The six “Worst Banks of 2019” got awards for bad behavior during an inaugural shaming ceremony held Tuesday by a coalition pushing for the creation of a New York City public bank.
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El Diario: Seis “Bancos Malos” Para Abogar Por uno Municipal
El diario — El martes se celebró una ceremonia para premiar a los “peores bancos” de Nueva York. No fue una fiesta sino el escenario en el que una docena de grupos comunitarios volvieron a insistir en la necesidad de que se cree un banco municipal en el que se deposite el dinero de la…
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Bronx Talk: Community Land Trusts
BronxTalk — Our Julia Duranti-Martínez joins Mychal Johnson to talk about the growing movement for Community Land Trusts (CLTs) in NYC on BronxTalk.
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Let’s Be Real Episode 8: Neighbors Beyond Amazon
In this episode of Let’s Be Real, we speak with two organizers—Fahd Ahmed from DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving), and Sasha Wijeyeratne from CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities—from the Neighbors Beyond Amazon coalition. Reflecting on the landmark victory to keep Amazon’s second headquarters, or HQ2, out of New York, Fahd and Sasha discuss the power…
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Brooklyn Facing Crisis in Housing Theft and Foreclosures, Advocates Say
Brooklyn Daily News — As real estate values in Brooklyn have gone through the roof, homeowners in gentrifying black and brown communities in the borough are increasingly being targeted by housing predators, legislators were told on Friday at Brooklyn Borough Hall.