#public-housing

#public-housing

The residents living near the planned construction sites have faced confusion and fear due to poor communication about timing and logistics concerning their housing situations.

Sherry Richards, 25, was one of the young voters. She lives in the Queensbridge houses, the city's largest public housing development. She didn't vote in the 2021 primary, but voted in last year's presidential election and for Mamdani last month because of his focus on making New York more livable.

Justice Robinson, a young resident, was trapped in an elevator for nearly 30 minutes due to heavy winds causing a power outage at Alice Griffith Apartments.

Reform UK's Lee Anderson criticized the plans, stating, "Decent Britons work hard every day—paying high taxes... They should not have to worry about groups of unidentified, fighting-age males roaming the streets in their communities."

After years of broken promises, shameful mismanagement, and questionable expenditures—including multiple Corrective Action Plan findings by HUD and a Federal law enforcement raid—it is clear that MHA has lost both my and the public's trust.

She said, 'No, this dog don't bite.' I said, 'All dogs bite. That dog needs to be on a leash.'

A group of state representatives urges Gov. Kathy Hochul to allocate $4.2 billion in Bond Act funds for essential energy upgrades in public housing.

At a city hearing on Monday, the two firms were accused by tenants at the Alice Griffith apartments of vermin infestations, filth, broken elevators and ignoring their complaints of all of the above.

The residents wanted a museum that would call on the power of place and memory to challenge the mainstream narrative about the failure of public housing in the US.

American tax dollars should be used for the benefit of American citizens, especially when it comes to an issue as pressing as our nation's housing crisis.

Turner stated, "We have a housing affordability crisis in our country, and so today we are ensuring that American taxpayer dollars are used to assist the American people."

The Biden administration’s policy allows mixed-status families, where only one member has legal status, to access public housing, intensifying competition against low-income citizens.