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There are so many potential sites on NYCHA grounds. Just imagine how many units you can built in the Lower East Side alone.
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Originally Posted by SobroGuy
I saw that development in person and looks awesome. It should have been middle income...oh well..it's a start and is a great building nonetheless. Adding more low-income residents to the housing projects does nothing to solve the economic problems...if this were middle income condos...it would have been the model of what's to come.
An opportunity missed...yet again.
Ghetto hood people like nice things too, sadly they end up destroying it. I wish it was mix of working class and middle income folks.
Last edited by Bronxguyanese; 02-27-2013 at 10:50 AM..
The original poster or someone after? Gentrification isn't what's happening in the housing projects..these new developments are completely separate and the only impact being there will be more revenue for the housing projects, but less parking, playgrounds, and community center.
So if your expenses are skyrocketing, and you cannot raise rents, and the feds are giving you more money, and you are legally required to house these people, what options do you have besides carving up some space to market rate development to raise revenue? If you have the answer, please let us know!
The Feds with the agency HUD are probably going to be giving NYCHA less money this year if those federal budget cuts go through. In the coming years more people who live in NYCHA will suffer not thanks to ailing city agency NYCHA but because of Uncle Sam and President Obozo.
The original poster or someone after? Gentrification isn't what's happening in the housing projects..these new developments are completely separate and the only impact being there will be more revenue for the housing projects, but less parking, playgrounds, and community center.
So if your expenses are skyrocketing, and you cannot raise rents, and the feds are giving you more money, and you are legally required to house these people, what options do you have besides carving up some space to market rate development to raise revenue? If you have the answer, please let us know!
Nearly all other major cities have destroyed their housing projects altogether, and NYC needs to do the same using Hope VI funding if they have to. HOPE VI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bronxguyanese..that was a typo..I meant less money by the feds! Good catch! And there will be less and less coming to NYCHA as austerity and reducing debt becomes #1....so look for changes to accelerate at NYCHA, for better or worse.
Bronxguyanese..that was a typo..I meant less money by the feds! Good catch! And there will be less and less coming to NYCHA as austerity and reducing debt becomes #1....so look for changes to accelerate at NYCHA, for better or worse.
NYCHA is a cash strapped agency now a days, lets see how things play out.
Nearly all other major cities have destroyed their housing projects altogether, and NYC needs to do the same using Hope VI funding if they have to. HOPE VI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Destroy, no. Despite the hatred, most public housing projects are historic examples of modern architecture. An important part of NYC history. You can do a lot with those buildings and grounds.
•Restore the street grid where possible.
•Update the facades.
•Gut renovation.
•Green infrastructure (Green roofs, solar power, wind turbines, rainwater recollection)
•Build new mixed use construction on underutilized land.
There are a couple of housing projects that are pretty interesting examples of innovative architecture.
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