public housing

‘I don’t know where I am going to be living or where I might end up, and the government isn’t giving us the information we need to make decisions.’

Opinions on the federal government’s proposed ban on smoking both inside and outside of all public housing are about as plentiful as the scores of cigarette butts dotting the complex’s numerous green common lawns

An audit released by the city comptroller’s office Thursday revealed that the city’s public housing authority, NYCHA, failed to monitor the construction companies it contracts for work on its projects, allowing them to shirk their obligation to hire public housing and other low-income residents.

Extending unemployment insurance benefits, keeping the city’s public housing in a state of good repair, and strengthening gun laws—these were among the top priorities listed by the New York City Council for the legislators in Congress.

Members of the New York City Council’s Public Housing Committee listened to local residents’ complaints Thursday about failing mobile boilers.

13 hurt in D.C. shooting at Tyler House apartment complex: The complex is due for $25 million in renovations as the trendy NoMa neighborhood flourishes nearby—but some are skeptical that will make it a safer place.

San Francisco has the means to improve the lives of SRO residents, but needs the will to push improvements forward, according to DPH director Rajiv Bhatia.

A vote on proposed legislation, which the rental community regards as an attack on rent control and affordable housing, was put on hold Monday.