How one New Yorker is trying to buy her affordable housing dream

… Here at Brick we write about affordable housing nearly every day whether its a new listing thats taking …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 26, 2016 - 1:15PM
I finally got off the wait list for a Mitchell-Lama apartment, and now the building's going private. What can I do?

… Bites we try to get them answers … THE CONUNDRUM … After more than seven years on the waiting list I won an appeal … been on the waiting list for several years are a qualified buyer and have been told there are no apartments available … when affordable MitchellLama buildings go market rate … Buy … Sales Market … Buy Affordable Housing … Co-ops … Rent …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 2, 2015 - 9:59AM
'Green' your building to up its market value, bunk up in a Brooklyn art gallery, and more

… like a good deal to you head to Boerum Hill DNAinfo Get more BrickUnderground Sign up for our  weekly newsletter follow us on  Twitter and like us on  Facebook … Buy … Sales Market … Buy Affordable Housing … Rent … The Market … Live … …

By Virginia K. Smith |October 22, 2014 - 10:59AM
What happens when affordable Mitchell-Lama buildings go market rate?

… youd think this one would be pretty straightforward a vote to make coop owners apartments nearly 100 times more … he points out that in its original iteration this is how the citys MitchellLama affordable housing program was … to keep the existing buildings as is As such the city offers plenty of incentives for these buildings to stay …

By Virginia K. Smith |October 3, 2014 - 11:59AM
As transient renters move in, one Tribeca photog snaps portraits of her long-time neighbors

… to be a city of lifelong renters The marketrate tenants are more transient their expectations are to stay awhile until the next move most likely to buy a piece of real estate … Whats changed since the … Yorkers dinner rituals are lonely but strangely beautiful … Buy … Sales Market … Buy Affordable Housing … Rent … The …

By Julie Inzanti |August 28, 2014 - 9:59AM