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Because it's directly taxpayer subsidized. That subsidy should be limited. They shouldn't be allowed to essentiallybe on the dole permanently.
Again, so are a vast number of other "affordable" housing in NYC from ML on down to "affordable" lottery units. Are you going to force those people to move after a certain period as well?
Don't even get me started on Section 8, LINK and other vouchers.
Actually I would. And I would get rid of rent regulation also.
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Again, so are a vast number of other "affordable" housing in NYC from ML on down to "affordable" lottery units. Are you going to force those people to move after a certain period as well?
Don't even get me started on Section 8, LINK and other vouchers.
I don't know what it was called during the 1950s and 60s, but it wasn't NYCHA. The CEO of Starbucks grew up in one.
I lived in one. It was very nice, clean, modern for the times, and safe. We never locked our apartment door during the day. if you had a problem, the maintenance crew came and fixed it quickly. We had a storage room and a room for bikes. My parents were so happy to get into that building after being on the waiting list. It was a big improvement over where they had been living. I was just thinking recently about all the signs that said "keep off the grass." You'd get a stiff fine if you walked on that patch of green. You don't see signs like that any more or grass "roped" off with chains. Today, it is one of the worst places in NYC to live.
My grandparents moved into one that was starting to become the NYCHA of today. They were immigrants, worked hard all their lives and when they got old, they had a little savings and lived on social security. They were probably in their 70s when they got into that apartment. After that, they went into nursing homes. This was in the early 70s.
I don't know what it was called during the 1950s and 60s, but it wasn't NYCHA. The CEO of Starbucks grew up in one.
I lived in one. It was very nice, clean, modern for the times, and safe. We never locked our apartment door during the day. if you had a problem, the maintenance crew came and fixed it quickly. We had a storage room and a room for bikes. My parents were so happy to get into that building after being on the waiting list. It was a big improvement over where they had been living. I was just thinking recently about all the signs that said "keep off the grass." You'd get a stiff fine if you walked on that patch of green. You don't see signs like that any more or grass "roped" off with chains. Today, it is one of the worst places in NYC to live.
My grandparents moved into one that was starting to become the NYCHA of today. They were immigrants, worked hard all their lives and when they got old, they had a little savings and lived on social security. They were probably in their 70s when they got into that apartment. After that, they went into nursing homes. This was in the early 70s.
Let these transplants know......
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The nicest NYCHA I have ever been in is actually Sheepshead Bay Houses. Or maybe it was Nostrand Houses, I'm not sure. But those. Wherever I was at. Clean buildings, and innovative security design with the stairwells. Grant Houses second. Interiors of the buildings in Grant were super clean (the two buildings I've been in there).
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Why should people in NYCHA have a time limit. It's an apartment building just like any other. Do you have a time limit where you live? What about rent stabilize people, should they have a limit, too?
People do have time limits on rentals, they are called leases and it’s up to the owner whether they want to continue the lease or not. These people don’t own the apartment they live in.
They need to get rid of the inheritance clause. There is a long list of people waiting to get into NYCHA and need the stability to get themselves on the right foot. The cycle should be to get out, not keep it in the family for cheap rent.
Nyc just creates their own problems with the renter friendly court system.
Paying $219 a month isn’t going to take care of the heating bill for the apartment and people wonder what NYCHA is broke and can’t keep up with repairs plus getting sued left and right.
Affordable housing will head the same way if they don’t change the guidelines and laws
The nicest NYCHA I have ever been in is actually Sheepshead Bay Houses. Or maybe it was Nostrand Houses, I'm not sure. But those. Wherever I was at. Clean buildings, and innovative security design with the stairwells. Grant Houses second. Interiors of the buildings in Grant were super clean (the two buildings I've been in there).
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