#affordable-housing

#affordable-housing

Maybe you've heard about the socialist candidate running for mayor of New York City. He's an immigrant from a complicated ethnic background, and his opponents accuse him of being unpatriotic, anti-American, a Communist agent and a supporter of overseas terrorist movements. Some have suggested that electing him mayor will make antisemitic bigotry - already far too widespread in America - much worse, and is likely to fuel a vicious, jingoistic right-wing backlash.

I've been involved in federal housing policy for more than 50 years, beginning my career at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the 1970s and later serving on the staff of the U.S. House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs now the Financial Services Committee from 1983 to 2000. Over that time, I've watched the federal government's role in housing shift dramatically from builder to partner to convener.

"I'm appreciative that those measures are on the ballot," Mr. Mamdani said, filling his 60-second answer with platitudes and grand promises of more construction.

During a virtual town hall meeting on Monday, several city officials, including Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and council members from the Queens delegation, explained to more than 100 attendees that the proposals would effectively remove community voices from decisions about new development and housing projects. "They're a false choice," the council speaker said of the proposals. "These proposals are going to weaken our ability to ensure true affordable housing and neighborhoods."

Mission Hunan, a Chinese restaurant just steps from the 16th Street Mission BART plaza, is closing after 40 years, a server at the restaurant confirmed to SFGATE. The restaurant's building at 2960 16th St. is set to be demolished to make way for a new affordable housing project. Mission Hunan's final day of service will be Oct. 31, the server said.

Las Golondrinas, a 50-unit apartment hub at 77 Kentucky Place in the Little Portugal area of east San Jose, has been bought by an affiliate of the County Housing Authority, documents filed on Oct. 17 with the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office show.. The Housing Authority affiliate paid $4.5 million for the residential property, a purchase that bolsters the Santa Clara County agency's mission to preserve affordable homes in the South Bay.

Las Golondrinas, a 50-unit apartment hub at 77 Kentucky Place in the Little Portugal area of east San Jose, has been bought by an affiliate of the County Housing Authority, documents filed on Oct. 17 with the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office show.. The Housing Authority affiliate paid $4.5 million for the residential property, a purchase that bolsters the Santa Clara County agency's mission to preserve affordable homes in the South Bay.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The challenges faced by children aging out of the foster care system are described as traumatic and can lead to a life of homelessness. But a new resource center and affordable housing project aim to ensure that doesn't happen to anyone in the South Bay. The ribbon was officially cut Monday for the Parkmoore Community Affordable Apartments and the Hub - two new buildings that aim to build a better Santa Clara County.

"We're excited. This is big for folks who are actually trying to earn a living, still live in San Francisco, to have a place to afford,"

The numbers are staggering: over 500,000 older New Yorkers are on the waiting list for affordable housing, with average waits stretching beyond a decade. For many, a decade is longer than they can afford to wait. Behind each number is a person facing the daily uncertainty of where they will live out their later years-whether they can age with dignity, or whether they will spend their final chapter in limbo.

This is a question of who we are, Newsom wrote in 2017. Housing is a fundamental human need let's not forget the human face behind the dire statistics. Housing instability can cause genuine mental and physical adversity, he added, and lead to insufferable decisions: no one should have to choose between paying rent or buying groceries. Knowing that too many Californians face this kind of anxiety breaks my heart.

Opponents of a plan to convert downtown parking lots into affordable housing say they've collected enough signatures to put the issue before voters, potentially halting an effort to build 345 affordable units on lots that currently provide more than 500 parking spaces. Save Downtown Menlo Park, a coalition of local businesses and downtown patrons, submitted 3,440 signatures to City Hall last Friday well above the 10% threshold of registered voters needed to qualify the measure for the ballot.

Four months after the previous developer missed a deadline to deliver the remaining 876 affordable units in the long-stalled Atlantic Yards (aka Pacific Park) megaproject in Brooklyn, New York State endorsed a new development team, which agreed to pay limited penalties for the delayed apartments while a new plan-likely requesting valuable new bulk and public investment-for this key site percolates.

A City Limits investigation revealed significant issues with the program, which helps some 100,000 New Yorkers afford housing at buildings across the city. Here's how to know if you live in one of these apartments, and how to get help if you do. Last week, City Limits released a three-part investigation into New York City's Project-Based Rental Assistance Program, which helps low-income residents afford housing. We found tenants struggling to reach their property managers, get repairs done, and force government agencies to take enforcement seriously.

Welcome to City Limits' NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

San Mateo County supervisors have approved more than $41 million to help build nine affordable housing developments across eight cities, aiming to ease the region's housing affordability crisis. The funding, announced last week, will support at least 636 new affordable units in Belmont, Daly City, Half Moon Bay, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, South San Francisco, Moss Beach and North Fair Oaks.

San Mateo County supervisors have approved more than $41 million to help build nine affordable housing developments across eight cities, aiming to ease the region's housing affordability crisis. The funding, announced last week, will support at least 636 new affordable units in Belmont, Daly City, Half Moon Bay, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, South San Francisco, Moss Beach and North Fair Oaks. The projects will serve low-income families, older adults, people experiencing homelessness, farmworkers, first-time homeowners and individuals with disabilities, the county said.

As mayor, we have to be persistent and deliberate in the approach to affordable housing. I commit in the first four years -- 1,000 units of senior citizen housing, 1,000 units of affordable housing,

No Gut Reno for Iconic Brooklyn Heights Mid Century Modern Townhouse A sharp-eyed tipster noticed what appeared to be rooftop mockups for the Landmarks Preservation Commission happening at 48 Willow Place, the iconic modern townhouse designed by architects Mary and Joe Merz for their own residence. Also visible through a third-story window was what looked to be a gut renovation in progress.