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A Roof Over Our Heads: How Will New York Save Its Public Housing?

The New York City Housing Authority is in dire financial straits. Although the state recently increased its rent subsidy, it will barely make a dent in the $225 million annual shortfall and renewed federal investment is nowhere on the horizon. A roundtable discussion with key stakeholders to determine what can be done to rescue public housing—the city’s primary source of affordable housing, and home to more than 400,000 New Yorkers.

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Government & CommunitiesAbigail Krameraffordable housing, city government, CNYCA, communities, community infrastructure, Department of Housing and Urban Development, economic crisis, economy, federal investment, financial crisis, housing, low-income neighborhoods, neighborhoods, New York City Housing Authority, NYC, NYCHA, policies, politics, poverty, public housing, public policy, rent subsidies, subsidies, subsidy programs, urban development, urban policyComment