Every body talks about affordable housing in NYC but no one goes back to the future in the discussion of affordable.
Why in the depression and even later, there was no housing for the poor. Well the government came up with a solution. The solution was let’s build housing for the poor. The housing that they built is called the projects. Do you think that projects could be built today? Well do ya?
In the mid 1950s there was a middle class movement out of the city’s in New York State so the state legislature passed a bill enabling limited profit housing (rental and co ops). This legislation was called Mitchell Lama.
I don’t hear from the mayoral candidates talking about revitalizing these programs. Maybe I’m missing something?
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The projects have a stigma to them.
Some Mitchell Lama housing are called mini projects.
Some Mitchell Lama housing have turned into max rental, making them not as affordable as yesterday year.
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Instead of looking at what is wrong with these programs , we should look to them as guidelines.
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The mayoral candidates don’t look at the some of the problems that may or may not making the housing crisis worse.
(1) Snowbirds
(2) AirBnb
(3) Un affordability to repair existing rent stabilized apartments.
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