A hand up — not a handout — for public-housing tenants? NYC says ‘no way’
The New York City Housing Authority grapples with some obvious ills: Elevators break down all the time, crime and gang violence are common, and fixing up aging NYCHA buildings could cost up to $80 billion the agency doesn’t have. But some of the problems facing the nation’s largest public housing authority are less visible.
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The New York City Housing Authority grapples with some obvious ills: Elevators break down all the time, crime and gang violence are common, and fixing up aging NYCHA buildings could cost up to $80 billion the agency doesn’t have. But some of the problems facing the nation’s largest public housing authority are less visible. The average time on the NYCHA waiting list is 46 months — largely because the average tenant has lived in the projects for 306 months, or 25 years. A significant number of residents, 31%, are “overhoused” — living in apartments with empty bedrooms — while others in need crowd into shelters.
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- The New York City Housing Authority grapples with some obvious ills: Elevators break down all the time, crime and gang violence are common, and fixing up aging NYCHA buildings could cost up to $80 billion the agency doesn’t have. But some of the problems facing the nation’s largest public housing authority are less visible.
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A hand up — not a handout — for public-housing tenants? NYC says ‘no way’
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