With the city squeezed for space for affordable housing, policymakers are looking at every possible available square inch of land to construct homes, from church parking lots to NYCHA property. In a report released last week, Comptroller Scott Stringer advocates for the creation of a land bank to exploit vacant land remaining in New York […]
DSNews: Forces Join to Protect Borrowers from Foreclosure Relief Scams Press Release: AG Schneiderman Announces Innovative Partnership with Leading Statewide Media Associations to Protect New Yorkers from Foreclosure Rescue Scams Crain’s New York: Advocates’ $4 Billion Plan Urges Cuomo to Fund More Supportive and Senior Housing Rooflines: Some Forms of Displacement Are Beyond Criminal The Brooklyn Reader: Don’t […]
Affordable housing is under threat across New York State with increasing rent costs, a record homeless population, a growing senior population, and a continued foreclosure crisis. Fortunately, there are solutions and we’re excited to be a part of a coalition of 10 affordable housing groups that released a five year, $4 billion capital recommended plan […]
We’ve all heard advertisements geared towards homeowners at risk of foreclosure on television and radio. Unfortunately, these ads, which offer to save homes from foreclosure, are often placed by scammers, who make false promises and mislead homeowners out of their money, or worse, their home. Fortunately, thanks to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, these […]
This week, as part of our scam awareness outreach campaign, we are mailing over 250,000 flyers and palm cards to elected officials and neighborhood organizations across the state. Over the weekend, The New York Times published a major front-page lead story on deed theft scams that highlights the staggering losses at the hands of […]
Jennifer Levy with a client at JASA – Legal Services for the Elderly in Queens Courina Yulisa, Senior Program Manager from the Center, sits down for a Q&A session with Jennifer Levy, staff attorney at JASA – Legal Services for the Elderly in Queens (JASA-LSEQ), about their focus on serving senior homeowners. Q: Can you tell […]
Join the Center for The Future of Affordable Homeownership in NYC conference on September 30th! What is the state of affordable homeownership in New York City today? Come to our September 30 conference, the Future of Affordable Homeownership in NYC, to learn more about the challenges New York City homeowners are facing and hear about new […]
We’ve been busy this summer and we’re excited to share it all with you! Please read on for our summer newsletter. Fall Conference: The Future of Affordable Homeownership in NYC What is the state of affordable homeownership today? Join 300 of your peers in the fields of housing, finance, academia, government, and more to […]
Notice anything different? This month, we updated our website with a new logo and a new look that we’ve been working on for some time now — we’re excited to share it with you at long last! In developing our new look, we thought hard about what we wanted to convey. This was not just […]
Earlier this summer, the Center’s Executive Director Christie Peale and I spent a day in Southeast Queens connecting with homeowners in the neighborhood to talk about the most pressing challenges they’re facing. Rosedale We started our day in Rosedale, where we spoke to members of the Southeast Queens faith community at Council Member Donovan Richard’s […]
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