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administrator of New York City Housing Authority’s question regarding the New York Public Housing Law §37. Public housing disrepair and low maintenance is not a new issue to New Yorkers. Despite the government's effort to lower the percentage of public housing disrepair, a very small percentage was decreased. There are 520,103 residents in 378 housing projects, where more than 90% of those projects are in need of some kind of immediate repair. The new York’s Housing Authority Department proposed…

Gentrification, Groupthink, and the Right to Housing Introduction What does the right to housing mean? Many perceive the right to housing as a right to refuge from the world, shelter from the elements, a place where a person wants to be, or a place worth fighting for. One can say that the right to housing means less to the majority of housed people, who take this right for granted, than those whose very existence may hinge on this right. The United Nations states that everyone shall have “a…

Will the “Housing Denver” plan be a solution to affordable housing for the Metro area? After the Housing Market in Denver, Colorado declined back in 2012, the average house listing price has reached at $455,000 comparing back to 2012 when the average house listing was $207,000. This has become a major issue to new residents moving to the Denver area where the demand for a family home while the inventory is so low, which makes Denver one of the most unaffordable cities in the country. Rent on…

regarded as key to overcoming some issues of housing affordability \cite{yates_rhetoric_2001}. Particular the spatial inequality highlighted by many. Kelly and Donegan \cite*{kelly_city_2015} for example, noted individual examples and by Watling and Taylor \cite*{taylor_long_2011} who emphasised the increasing outward movement of relatively affordable housing as gentrification occurs. Reynolds and Wulff \cite*{reynolds_suburban_2005} identified similar housing market and economic spatial…

Stallings real estate market currently consists of less than 145 living units. Out of the units available on the market, 98% of the units are single family homes. Over the course of two years, homeowners in Stallings have seen their housing values appreciate as…

class struggle concerning shelter and affordability. Since new buyers are only really able to purchase condos rather than houses (Montgomery, 2015), there could be a link to the lack of opportunities they have, versus individuals who already own housing. The difference in jobs could be severe, since people such as those in powerful and/or wealthy companies are more likely to buy houses rather than condos, unless they wish to purchase one after already maintaining a house. For instance, in…

funding for federal housing programs and projects. Affordable housing continues to be a major barrier for low-income individuals. The availability of affordable continues to decrease, as does funds dedicated to affordable housing programs such as public housing and housing choice vouchers (HCV). It is dire that more funding be allocated to updating and increasing affordable housing programs, so that our most vulnerable populations have access to safe and affordable housing. The wait lists for…

Disrespectful Residents Taking Over Affordable Housing There are great options available to lower income individuals and families for affordable housing. The options include public and section 8 housing through the city as well as affordable housing through private ownership. Residents have opportunities depending on income, size of family, and senior citizen status. The problem that arises frequently in these housing developments is a common theme of residents that have no respect for the…

accommodated by crowding of existing houses rather than new construction developments. Existing houses are often extended or divided illegally so that they can be rented to migrants and used by extended families (Genemo, 2012). Over the years, urban sprawl has directly contributed to the degradation and decline of natural environment resources. It also reduces farm land and productivity in city leading to social loss and open spaces (Haregewin, 2005). In addition, urban sprawl leads to regional…

In 1949, as low as six people were found sleeping in the streets of London, the rise of homelessness started to rise in the mid 60’s. As the three leading campaign groups Crisis, Shelter and Centre-point were formed in the 60’s and the ‘housing homeless people act’ came in 1977. By the 1980s and into the early 1990s, however, homelessness was again on the rise. As things such house-price inflation, rising unemployment, a more general increase in the number of people with drink, drug and mental…