#public-housing

#public-housing

The city of Stockholm held a land allocation competition seeking a plus-energy building featuring rental apartments and a design that showcases energy efficiency ambitions.

The residents living near the planned construction sites have faced confusion and fear due to poor communication about timing and logistics concerning their housing situations.

Sherry Richards, 25, was one of the young voters. She lives in the Queensbridge houses, the city's largest public housing development. She didn't vote in the 2021 primary, but voted in last year's presidential election and for Mamdani last month because of his focus on making New York more livable.

Justice Robinson, a young resident, was trapped in an elevator for nearly 30 minutes due to heavy winds causing a power outage at Alice Griffith Apartments.

Reform UK's Lee Anderson criticized the plans, stating, "Decent Britons work hard every day—paying high taxes... They should not have to worry about groups of unidentified, fighting-age males roaming the streets in their communities."

After years of broken promises, shameful mismanagement, and questionable expenditures—including multiple Corrective Action Plan findings by HUD and a Federal law enforcement raid—it is clear that MHA has lost both my and the public's trust.

She said, 'No, this dog don't bite.' I said, 'All dogs bite. That dog needs to be on a leash.'

A group of state representatives urges Gov. Kathy Hochul to allocate $4.2 billion in Bond Act funds for essential energy upgrades in public housing.

At a city hearing on Monday, the two firms were accused by tenants at the Alice Griffith apartments of vermin infestations, filth, broken elevators and ignoring their complaints of all of the above.