Housing

  • Summary: We must increase not only the number, but also the quality of all affordable housing accommodations including rent-controlled and subsidized housing, NYCHA housing, senior housing, and supportive housing.

  • Restore funding for NYCHA

  • Secure increased federal funding to close NYCHA’s capital funding gap.

  • Demand additional federal oversight of NYCHA spending.

We have a housing crisis in New York that threatens the unique nature and character of our city. New York’s affordability crisis poses a particular threat to low- and middle-income New Yorkers: More than half of the city’s renters are considered rent-burdened, meaning that they devote more than 30 percent of their income on housing. Unfortunately, this problem is only worsening. As rents continue to increase, affordability continues to decrease.

No one should be forced to choose between being able to raise a family and staying in the city they love. New York is open to everyone and should continue to be.

New York’s housing affordability crisis is driven by a housing availability crisis. Simply stated, we need more housing of all kinds to keep up with New York’s population growth. In order to ensure housing access we must increase not only the number, but also the quality of all affordable housing accommodations including rent-controlled and subsidized housing, NYCHA housing, senior housing, and supportive housing.

Part of the affordable housing crisis is driven by a breakdown at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). NYCHA is a city agency funded by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development that provides affordable public housing for half a million New Yorkers. Unfortunately, poor management and underfunding have rendered NYCHA ineffective in its mission to support low-income New Yorkers with safe and reliable housing.

New York City needs federal representatives who will restore funding for NYCHA, to undo the budget cuts of the last two decades, secure increased federal funding to close NYCHA’s capital funding gap, and demand additional federal oversight of NYCHA spendings its money. It’s clear that NYCHA residents are being actively endangered by the negligence and outright dishonesty of NYCHA administrators, we need representatives who will stand up for them.