The de Blasio Administration announced measures to expedite major heating upgrades at public housing by 8 to 20 months, depending on the size of the project.
The New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS), sponsored by the NYC Dept of Housing Preservation and Development, is conducted every 3 years to comply with NYS and NYC’s rent regulation laws. This report is based on data from the 2011, 2014, and 2017 HVSs, which are sample surveys.
Mayor de Blasio announced that 250 apartment buildings had been placed in the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s Alternative Enforcement Program, an initiative that shines a spotlight on multi-family buildings whose owners have allowed them to fall into dangerous disrepair.
This report features data from the Community Health Survey (CHS) on smelling secondhand smoke from outside at home and on smoke-free residential building policies.
The Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement brought a lawsuit against a Manhattan landlord who turned his four-story walkup into an illegal hotel through www.Airbnb.com.
A report detailing NYCHA's continued failure to enforce its Permanent Exclusion policy for dangerous criminal offenses. The investigation also uncovered employees purchasing drugs from tenants and targets of the criminal investigation and other misconduct at NYCHA's Sheepshead/Nostrand Houses.
Mayor de Blasio announced that his administration financed more than 24,536 affordable homes in the year prior, breaking an all-time record previously set by former Mayor Ed Koch in 1989.
Mayor de Blasio announced the major strides his administration was able to make in regards to affordable housing in the City, using a man named Jasper Hurst as an example for as to why affordable housing is so important.
Mayor de Blasio announced a mixed-income development project that will include affordable homes for approximately 100 seniors on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced two laws that shine a spotlight on both public and private vacant land to further accelerate the production of affordable housing. This legislation is the latest effort to help the City reach its goal of building 300,000 affordable homes over the next decade.