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Orthodox Jewish couple alleges NYC housing discrimination | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan s News Source

Larry Neumeister April 06, 2021 - 3:16 PM NEW YORK - An Orthodox Jewish couple sued two New York City agencies that supervise affordable housing lotteries Tuesday, saying their family of eight faced religious discrimination when they were repeatedly rejected because of their family’s size. In the Manhattan federal court lawsuit, Chaim Katz and Chana Katz maintain they faced discrimination from two affordable housing lotteries when they applied for a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan s Lower East Side in 2017. Their lawyer, Justin Kelton, said they were repeatedly rejected on the basis that the two adults and six children had “too many members” in their family for affordable housing.

The Big Idea: Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales Wants To Bring Social Housing To NYC

arrow Alt-Erlaa, a social housing development in Vienna. Rob Schofield / Flickr The affordable housing crisis is expected to be one of the most pressing and difficult challenges facing the next mayor. In New York City, 42% of renters are rent-burdened, which means they pay more than 30% of their income toward rent. All of the leading democratic candidates have called for new strategies, but Dianne Morales has gone the farthest by proposing a fundamental shift in how the city views affordable housing development treating housing as a public good and moving away from projects that are driven by private developers. It s an idea known as social housing, which is rooted in European models of government subsidized housing that experts say go far beyond the U.S. version of affordable housing by not only addressing cost but also racial segregation and democratic control by residents. The term has gained traction among the left wing of the Democratic Party in recent years;

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