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Only On 2: Hundreds Of NYCHA Apartments Undergoing Renovations To Change Stigma Of Affordable Housing
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Hundreds of New York City public housing apartments are getting a makeover.
It’s part of a public and private initiative to improve the image of affordable housing, CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reported Monday.
Many public housing tenants have been plagued by rundown kitchens and bathrooms, mold, broken light fixtures, old flooring and peeling paint on ceilings and walls.
But those living at Wise Towers, a NYCHA complex on the Upper West Side, will soon be coming home to a fully renovated apartment.
Hundreds of NYCHA apartments undergoing renovations to change stigma of affordable housing
NEW YORK (WCBS) Hundreds of New York City public housing apartments are getting a makeover.
It’s part of a public and private initiative to improve the image of affordable housing, CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reported Monday.
Many public housing tenants have been plagued by rundown kitchens and bathrooms, mold, broken light fixtures, old flooring and peeling paint on ceilings and walls.
But those living at Wise Towers, a NYCHA complex on the Upper West Side, will soon be coming home to a fully renovated apartment.
Pierre Downing, vice president of affordable housing for Monadnock Development, is part of a team called PRC, the PACT Renaissance Collaborative.
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Kirk Goodrich, president of Monadnock Development, is opposed to the bill sponsored by Bran Lander. (Getty, Monadnock Development)
For many minority developers, building the necessary capacity and experience to win a steady stream of work in New York City has been an uphill battle. Now, some feel that the city is trying to add an extra hurdle just as they are able to successfully compete.
A group of developers has called on the City Council to withdraw or amend a bill that would limit the transfer of city-owned land intended for affordable housing to nonprofit developers.
In a letter to Brooklyn Council member Brad Lander, the bill’s sponsor, the developers argue that the measure would “disenfranchise Black, Brown and women-led for-profit development companies and relegate people of color to being merely tenants and clients of nonprofit organizations within the affordable housing world.”