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Affordable Housing

New Startup Builds Housing in Your Yard, Splits Rental Profit With You

No downpayment required.
By Gabriela Barkho

Google and Amazon Attempt to Fix the Housing Crisis They Created

Google is donating $1 billion to build homes in Silicon Valley.
By Gabriela Barkho
Reverend William Barber speaks at the Poor People's Moral Action Congress at Trinity University in Washington D.C.

An Inside Look at the Poor People’s Moral Action Congress

The largest gathering of 2020 Democratic contenders yet allowed members of the Poor People’s Campaign to hear directly about their plans for the poor and economically disadvantaged.
By Jason Bergman

2018’s Most Powerful People in Residential Real Estate

By Margaret Daisley and Alison Rogers
The bill calls for the state to buy foreclosed houses from banks and then sell or lease them to municipalities, developers or community development corporations for use as affordable housing.

NJ Politics Digest: Should State Buy Foreclosed Homes to Provide Affordable Housing?

By Observer Politics Team

New York City Is Struggling to House Its Aging Population

By Karen Haycox

The Future of Housing Is Here and It Will Be 3D Printed—on Earth and Mars

By Caleb Kaiser
Mayor Bill de Blasio stands in front of a residential construction site while unveiling his affordable housing plan on May 5, 2014 in Brooklyn. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

NYC Sets Affordable Housing Record with 24,500 Homes Financed in 2017

By Madina Toure
Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Vision for Affordable Housing Remains Unfulfilled

By Karen Haycox
New York City.

Dim Future of Affordable Housing in New York City Just Got a Little Brighter

By Karen Haycox
Mayor Bill de Blasio stands with Public Advocate Letitia James and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams while unveiling his affordable housing plan in Brooklyn in May 2014.

Newly Re-Elected de Blasio Rolls Out Affordable Housing Plan

By Madina Toure
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee hold the first markup of the proposed GOP tax reform legislation in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill.

New York Families Likely to Pay $5k More in Taxes Next Year

By Madina Toure
Gov. Chris Christie shakes hands with Chief Justice Stuart Rabner after his state of the state speech in January. Other members of the Supreme Court are to the left, and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno is at right.

NJ Supreme Court an Afterthought in Governor’s Race

By Salvador Rizzo
Kim Guadagno.

Kim Guadagno’s Statement on NJ Supreme Court

By Salvador Rizzo
Flanked by elected officials and advocates, Mayor Bill de Blasio unveils his affordable housing plan at a press conference in May 2014.

De Blasio to Meet Affordable Housing Goal Two Years Early

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Is Bill de Blasio a Real Progressive? Activists Aren’t Convinced

By Madina Toure
Affordable housing is still a political hot potato in New Jersey.

NJ on Hook for 280,000 Affordable Housing Units, Study Says

By Salvador Rizzo
A bulldozer.

South Brunswick Attacks Judge Over Affordable Housing Rulings

By Salvador Rizzo
Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio.

‘Big Talk, Very Little Action’—De Blasio Not Sold on Cuomo’s Plan for Brooklyn

By Madina Toure
Comptroller Scott Stringer and Mayor BIll de Blasio.

Scott Stringer Shreds Bill de Blasio’s State of the City Plans

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Council Members Praise De Blasio’s State of the City Speech But Questions Remain

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio Revisits 2013 Campaign Themes in His State of the City Showtime at the Apollo

By Will Bredderman
The Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York rallies outside City Hall.

De Blasio has ‘Blood on His Hands’: Construction Union Boss

By Terence Cullen
Carl Weidbrod at his appointment press conference.

City Planning Chairman Becomes Latest de Blasio Administration Official to Exit

By Will Bredderman
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