$250,000 grant to fight foreclosures, Bay Ridge building drama, & more

By Emily Myers | August 2, 2022 - 10:30AM

Decades of political inertia, zoning restrictions, and building costs are the causes of New York City's affordable housing crisis (The New York Times)

A bankruptcy claim pauses the foreclosure of 345 Ovington Ave., a Bay Ridge building where tenants say they are victims of fraud (Brooklyn Paper)

Rent-stabilized tenants in East New York fear being displaced by a developer's plans to replace their crumbling building (The City)

Parkchester, a 12,000-unit Bronx housing complex, could soon open to homeless applicants with city-issued rental vouchers (City Limits)

The Legal Aid Society receives a $250,000 grant to prevent foreclosures and fight housing instability for low-income New Yorkers (press release)

In just a few seconds, an AI program can reimagine your street—or the BQE—into a pedestrian oasis (CityLab)

Emily Myers

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Emily Myers is a real estate writer and podcast host. As the former host of the Brick Underground podcast, she earned four silver awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Emily studied journalism at the University of the Arts, London, earned an MA Honors degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and lived for a decade in California.

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