12.10.2020 - Donovan Richards officially sworn in as Queens Borough President
12.10.2020 - It’s Time to Do Away With NYC’s Tax Lien Sale
12.08.2020 - Low-Income, Black, Hispanic, and Native American Households Face High Energy Burdens
12.06.2020 - Cuomo Promises More Tenants Will Have Access To $60 Million In Rent Relief
11.02.2020 - Applications for the Home Energy Assistance Program Open Today
10.21.2020 - Tension rises as public housing gets private management
10.06.2020 - A Broader Outreach Strategy Would Help 400,000 Needlessly Delinquent Mortgage Borrowers
09.09.2020 - NYC Tax Lien Sale Scuttled In Clashing Cuomo, De Blasio Orders
09.04.2020 - What the New Federal Eviction Moratorium Means
08.14.2020 - NYC Launches Online Portal with Free Eviction Help
08.10.2020 - One-Third of American Renters Expected to Miss Their August Payment
07.20.2020 - Affordable Developers Worry About Building More Housing Amid Budget Cuts
07.16.2020 - In wake of coronavirus, a looming epidemic of evictions
07.15.2020 - A Lot of Americans Are About to Lose Their Homes
06.29.2020 - When NIMBYs win, everybody loses
06.26.2020 - Will COVID-19 Worsen the Housing Crisis?
05.27.2020 - Affordable housing developers say de Blasio cuts could doom projects
05.26.2020 - Nassau County set to reopen economy, as Queens remains on lockdown
05.08.2020 - Stimulus check issues for more than 8 million Americans without a bank account
05.04.2020 - We need emergency rental assistance to address COVID-19 fallout
05.01.2020 - De Blasio's signature housing plan poised to take big hit from coronavirus
04.28.2020 - Amid Ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, Governor Cuomo Outlines Phased Plan to Re-open New York
04.24.2020 - Nonprofits on front lines call for protections for their workers, too
03.29.2020 - Nonprofits ask for clearer guidance from state government
03.24.2020 - Ensuring Access to Energy More Important Than Ever
03.09.2020 - New Queens Project to Include 12,000 Affordable Apartments
02.27.2020 - HEAP Offers a Second Emergency Benefit for Households Facing Loss of Heat
02.11.2020 - Losing the narrative: Mayor’s signature issue slipping away
01.30.2020 - Housing vouchers increase test scores, city study shows
01.28.2020 - Inside New York City’s new ‘blueprint for sustainable development’
01.23.2020 - It’s not just jail, bail or getting released
12.18.2019 - Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation to Better Address Zombie Properties
12.05.2019 - Is the Starter Home Dead in Queens?
11.25.2019 - New York City will take steps to combat the problem of ‘zombie homes’
11.25.2019 - Governor Cuomo and National Grid Announce Agreement to Lift Moratorium Immediately
11.22.2019 - Special Report: The Vanishing Bronx Homeowner
11.21.2019 - Far Rockaway development plan continues to advance
11.19.2019 - NYC effort to cover nonprofits’ indirect expenses underway
11.04.2019 - What New York City Misses by Not Doing Hearing Tests on Students
11.04.2019 - Home prices continue to fall across the city
10.29.2019 - One in 10 New York City students lacked stable housing last school year
10.28.2019 - Climate Control is a Year-Round Issue at NYCHA, Especially for Seniors
10.24.2019 - Seven years ago, Sandy was here
09.11.2019 - The status of the World Trade Center complex, 18 years later
09.09.2019 - State Says Agreement Reached on $450 Million in Funds to NYCHA
09.06.2019 - How NYC landlords may be skirting the new rent laws
09.05.2019 - Governor Cuomo Announces $59 Million to Help Cut Energy Costs and Improve Affordability
08.29.2019 - The Battle for the Future of Community Reinvestment Regulations Comes to Queens
08.19.2019 - Can small, vacant lots alleviate NYC’s housing crisis?
07.30.2019 - America’s Housing Affordability Crisis Spreads to the Heartland
07.26.2019 - Will the New York City Council cap real estate broker rental fees?
07.19.2019 - Are Community Land Trusts ‘the future of New York City’?
06.17.2019 - The Rockaways continue to prosper with $300 million revitalization project
06.15.2019 - Americans Need More Neighbors
06.11.2019 - When a Renter with Disabilities is Denied Housing
06.11.2019 - A revamped Ocean Bay campus transitions away from the traditional NYCHA setup
05.15.2019 - Brooklynites fleeing high rents settle in the beachy Rockaways
05.15.2019 - Today is Nonprofit Tax Day: Burdensome Federal Tax on Nonprofits Must Be Repealed
05.07.2019 - 6 Years After Hurricane Sandy, Here’s What They Came Up With: Really Big Sandbags
04.01.2019 - Vote for how city funding should be spent in your neighborhood
03.20.2019 - Home Stability Support Program would create a new rent subsidy to keep people in their homes
03.19.2018 - The lawyers who took on Big Tobacco are aiming at Realtors and their 6% fee
03.18.2019 - NYC moves to turn basement apartments into legal, safe, affordable housing
03.15.2019 - City Council Votes to Strengthen Lead Testing and Reporting Requirements
03.13.2019 - Average U.S. mortgage size hits record-high $354,500
02.26.2019 - Queens lawmakers announce legislation to end MCIs
02.22.2019 - Millennials have officially entered the housing market
01.29.2019 - De Blasio administration is still paying late for services
01.15.2019 - For New Yorkers looking for an affordable home, the odds of winning a housing lottery are good
01.07.2019 - HPC Works With Stakeholders To Improve New York State Residential Energy Efficiency Programs
01.07.2019 - Falling Mortgage Rates Raise Hopes for Battered Housing Market
12.03.2018 - Why shrinking U.S. homes may be a boost to homebuyers
11.28.2018 - Homeownership for older Millennials quickly becoming a thing
11.07.2018 - Mortgage applications fall to 4-year low
10.30.2018 - Global Investors, and Not Families, Are Buying Affordable Homes
10.23.2018 - New home sales drop 5.5% in September to near two-year low
10.12.2018 - Mortgage Rates Fast Approaching 5%, a Fresh Blow to Housing Market
09.14.2018 - Addressing the Eviction Epidemic - Analysis of 2017 Data
08.28.2018 - These NYC neighborhoods saw the fastest rent growth since 2010
08.27.2018 - New report shows how bad New York City has been at contracts
08.03.2018 - Queens posts highest rent increase in US
07.30.2018 - Why We Need to Stop Evictions Before They Happen
07.30.2018 - 28 Years After ADA’s Passage, Subway Accessibility Still ‘Disgraceful,’ Experts Say
07.20.2018 - Many of NYC’s neighborhoods lack a single accessible subway station
07.19.2018 - Rockaway to be the first of four pilot areas in New York City to roll out dockless bike share
07.18.2018 - New York City Looks to Crack Down on Airbnb Amid Housing Crisis
07.16.2018 - The projects transforming Queens: The borough is a hotbed of redevelopment and rebuilding
07.13.2018 - Far Rock Renaissance: New affordable housing projects key to downtown revamp
07.06.2018 - After Sandy, buildings flood city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods
07.05.2018 - One Woman's Quest to Fight Gentrification by Asking Residents How
07.05.2018 - Did local planning committee opt out of a free home elevation certification program?
07.02.2018 - New York City Disability Pride Parade
06.29.2018 - Black and Latino Borrowers Locked Out of Homeownership in New York City
06.26.2018 - NYS: Leadership in Advancing Clean Energy Solutions for Low-Income Residents and Communities
06.25.2018 - Bushwick, Brooklyn zooms up priciest NYC neighborhood list
06.20.2018 - NYC’s new housing lottery guidelines aim to protect vulnerable New Yorkers
06.19.2018 - 100,000 New Jobs for New York: Will Enough Go to Poorer Workers?
06.06.2018 - 100% Affordable Beach Green Dunes II Breaks Ground In The Rockaways
05.21.2018 - House flipping in NYC: How It Deprives New Yorkers of Affordable Homes
05.17.2018 - It’s time to stop tax lien sales from snaring New York City's nonprofits
03.14.2018 - New Yorkers who qualify for SCRIE can have their rent frozen!
03.08.2018 - New Economy Project Report: Mortgage Denials Higher in NYC’s Neighborhoods of Color
03.08.2018 - A snow storm is no excuse for a cold apartment! Report lack of heat or hot water...
02.28.2018 - THE RENEWABLE GRANTS FUND IS WHAT KEEPS NONPROFITS AFLOAT AS THEY WAIT FOR NEW YORK CITY CONTRACTS
02.28.2018 - NYC debuts affordable home ownership program with 56-unit Bronx co-op
01.16.2018 - De Blasio: NYC Financed Record Number Of Affordable Apartments Last Year
12.19.2017 - Thousands of New York homes hurt by ‘nightmare neighbors’
12.18.2017 - Diagnosing NYC’s Vacant Storefront Problem
12.05.2017 - New Council bill hopes to bring transparency to the housing lottery
11.28.2017 - US Home Prices Surge At Fastest Pace Since July 2014
11.21.2017 - New developments and rezoning show signs of promise for the Rockaways
11.02.2017 - Most NYers make less than what's needed to rent in NYC: report
11.01.2017 - NYCHA’s private lifeline
10.24.2017 - More People Think Renting Is a Better Deal Than Buying
10.17.2017 - In Queens, chronic flooding and sea-level rise go hand in hand
10.02.2017 - Open House New York Weekend October 14 and 15, 2017
10.02.2017 - Governor Cuomo Launches Statewide Empire State Relief & Recovery Effort for Puerto Rico
09.28.2017 - Report Warns Retirees about Potential Downsides of Reverse Mortgages
09.26.2017 - NYC Map Shows Neighborhoods Most Impacted by Evictions
09.26.2017 - Home Performance Coalition Announces the Merger of the Home Performance Forum and Home Energy Pros
09.14.2017 - Fr. Francis Shannon Elected as Chair to Margert Board
Helping others, especially the poor and the four-legged, a joy for pastor
09.19.2017 - Mayor's Affordable Housing Not Helping People Who Need it Most
09.14.2017 - De Blasio Vows to Cut Emissions in New York’s Larger Buildings
09.06.2017 - Far Rockaway Rezoning Comes Into Focus
08.24.2017 - Income Inequality Is Making Rent Even Less Affordable
08.15.2017 - New York City Guarantees a Lawyer to Every Resident Facing Eviction
07.20.2017 - City Using Community Land Trusts to Create Affordable Housing
07.20.2017 - There are more renters than any time since 1965
07.18.2017 - Affordable Housing Construction and Preservation at Record Pace
06.13.2017 - Fannie Mae will ease financial standards for mortgage applicants
06.07.2017 - CFPB data point: Becoming credit visible
05.15.2017 - HPD ANNOUNCES NEW AND ENHANCED RESOURCES TO HELP NEW YORKERS ACCESS THE HOUSING LOTTERY
04.18.2017 - Why It Would Be a Mistake to Cut This HUD Program
04.11.2017 - City council introduces anti-harassment bills to protect tenants
04.10.2017 - Community Developers Say City’s Housing Plan Leaves Them Behind
03.31.2017 - New York State Boosts Funds for Foreclosure Prevention
03.30.2017 - Queens Board Approves Rockaway Rezoning With Significant Conditions
03.30.2017 - How the mayor can save nonprofits hired by the city
03.29.2017 - Human service non-profits: Don’t forget about us in budget
02.27.2017 - Poor Families to Get More Help With Rent From New York State
02.24.2017 - City tries again to develop Jamaica
02.23.2017 - Laurelton: The Queens Community Gentrification Forgot
02.21.2017 - Nonprofits still "taking a loss" despite budget’s pay hike
01.24.2017 - Proposed property tax break legislation expands eligibility citywide
01.04.2017 - Nonprofit Corporation Law Amendments Ease Governance Requirements on NY Nonprofits
12.29.2016 - NY Housing Authority Bringing Private Investors Into Far Rockaways Project
12.06.2016 - Nation's Largest Public Housing Complex Gets New Roofs
12.02.2016 - NYC Nonprofits Re-frame Funding Requests
11.29.2016 - CM Richards sponsors foster care survey legislation
11.18.2016 - Minorities experience ‘vast inequality’ in NYC housing market
11.17.2016 - US Housing Starts Surge to 9-Year High in October
11.03.2016 - GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF STORM RECOVERY ANNOUNCES SELECTIONS FOR NY RISING COMMUNITY CENTER PROGRAM
10.25.2016 - Suit Against City Affordable Housing Policy Survives
10.24.2016 - Average Home Prices Hit Record Highs in Brooklyn, Queens and Bronx
10.18.2016 - NYC Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Program Opens November 14, 2016
09.30.2016 - Plans For Edgemere Press On
09.26.2016 - For Tenants Facing Eviction, New York May Guarantee a Lawyer
09.23.2016 - Margert to Present Special Seminar for Seniors
09.21.2016 - City blames lack of affordable housing for record number of homeless New Yorkers
09.09.2016 - Government shortchanges nonprofits, quashing innovation
08.22.2016 - $91M Far Rockaway project would turn empty storefronts into a ‘mixed-use neighborhood’
08.17.2016 - City Council Rejects the First Project under Mayor de Blasio’s Housing Plan
08.10.2016 - City plans to convert Holiday Inn in Queens into new homeless shelter
07.27.2016 - Fannie Eases Requirements for HomeReady Program
07.26.2016 - De Blasio Administration Says It Is Ahead of Schedule on Affordable Housing
07.18.2016 - 10-acre Park on Governors Island Set to open Tuesday
07.15.2016 - The Robin Hood Foundation on a better way to track poverty
07.14.2016 - The Lowline Just Got a Thumbs-up From City Hall
07.11.2016 - Queens sees the most home foreclosures of any borough
07.01.2016 - How a House Can Shape a Child’s Future
06.20.2016 - Nonprofit heads say city failed to address cost 'crisis'
06.20.2016 - Connecting the dots on nonprofit underfunding
06.17.2016 - Ferry Finally Revealed
06.10.2016 - City Pushes To Have Rent Frozen for Seniors
06.07.2016 - Developers add affordable units, retail to supportive-housing projects
06.01.2016 - HUD NAMES NEW HOUSING COUNSELING FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
05.26.2016 - Pay-What-It-Takes Philanthropy
05.23.2016 - Failure to Fund Overhead Penalizes Nonprofits, Study Finds
05.13.2016 - Astoria Only Queens Neighborhood To Make 'Gentrifying' List
05.12.2016 - NYCHA Report to Outline Sandy Recovery Efforts
05.03.2016 - No, New Yorkers Are Not Spending 65% of Their Salaries on Rent
04.25.2016 - City Releases More Details of Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Plan
04.22.2016 - Governor Cuomo Announces $57 Million to Help Low-Income Households Reduce Utility Costs
04.22.2016 - Mayor de Blasio and City Council Announce Plans for Update to City’s Air Pollution Control Code
04.22.2016 - Making New York Public Housing Sustainable
04.21.2016 - Rent Will Devour Two-Thirds of Your Income This Year
04.19.2016 - East New York Deal Sets Precedent for Wave of Rezonings
04.18.2016 - Big Plans to Remake a Rockaway Community
04.12.2016 - Nonprofits Still Facing Challenges in City Contracting Process
04.11.2016 - New Bill Seeks to Map Disappearing Subsidized Housing In NYC
04.08.2016 - Resilient Edgemere Community Planning Initiative
04.05.2016 - City Council Re-examines Nonprofit Procurement Policies
04.01.2016 - Key Piece of City's New Housing Deal Will Protect Tenants from Harassment
03.29.2016 - Homeownership Increasingly Difficult For Average Americans
03.21.2016 - US existing home sales tumble in warning sign for housing market
03.11.2016 - Governor Cuomo Announces $17 Million for Affordable Homes and Homeownership
03.11.2016 - Private Funders Should Fund Full Project Costs too
03.10.2016 - Queens Community Designs Its Own Post-Hurricane Sandy Future
03.01.2016 - Overcrowding Worsens in New York
02.24.2016 - Human Services Council Report Warns of Crisis for NY Nonprofit World
02.17.2016 - What Does "Affordable Housing" Really Mean In De Blasio's New York?
02.10.2016 - Mayor Pushes Plan to Trade Parking Spots for Senior Housing
02.09.2016 - A look at the most diverse neighborhoods in NYC: MAP
02.08.2016 - NYC's Controversial New Affordable Housing Proposals, Explained
02.03.2016 - NYC Planning Commission Sends Zoning Proposals to City Council
02.03.2016 - NYC to Launch Parking Meter Smartphone App
01.14.2016 - City to Seize Beachfront Property in Coney Island
01.13.2016 - Cuomo Unveils $20 Billion Housing Plan
01.07.2016 - Forest Hills Gardens Priciest Nabe in Queens
12.22.2015 - Clarifying Amendments to the Nonprofit Revitalization Act Signed Into Law
12.17.2015 - City Homeless Services to Improve Contracting Processes
12.15.2015 - Is Queens the New Brooklyn?
12.10.2015 - Council Member Donovan Richards on Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability
11.07.2015 - Real Estate Shell Companies Scheme to Defraud Owners Out of Their Homes
11.05.2015 - Share of First-Time Homebuyers at 28-Year Low
10.15.2015 - Repossessions spike 66% as foreclosure crisis lingers
10.13.2015 - Housing Program Sees Huge Spike in Construction
10.05.2015 - Rise in Overcrowded NYC Apartments
08.27.2015 - Report: State energy plan could freeze out many low-income utility customers
06.22.2015 - New Commissiomer Named to NYS Homes and Community Renewal (HCR)
06.19.2015 - In Breezy Point and Beyond, Homes are Being Reborn
06.06.2015 - Gov. Cuomo Reaffirms Commitment to Safe, Affordable Housing for All New Yorkers
06.06.2015 - City Council Approves Tax Breaks for fully Affordable Edgemere Housing Development
06.04.2015 - Governor Cuomo Announces $11 Million for Over 1,000 Affordable Housing Units
Margert awards can be found here: OCR Local Program Awards
05.29.2015 - DiNapoli: State Needs to Ensure Timely Execution of Contracts with Not-For-Profits (view full report)
05.29.2015 - Is rent out of reach? As more Americans become tenants, study shows how 11 big cities stack up
05.19.2015 - Public Housing Residents Wary of Mayor de Blasio’s Plan
05.08.2015 - This week, the NYU Furman Center released its State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods in 2014 report.
New York Is Getting Less, Not More Cramped (Real estate news and analysis from The Wall Street Journal)
It's Not You: NYC Rents Rising Faster than Income (Economic Development Reporter, WNYC News)
