How to Apply for Affordable Housing in New York City

The affordable housing lottery this summer for 64 units at a high-end glassy tower on Madison Avenue was the first to get 100,000 applicants, according to data city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development. But odds are slim that all of these app ..Read More

The Ghost Tenants of New York City

Gigi lives in a high-rise apartment on the Upper West Side for less than she used to pay for a smaller third-floor walk-up in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The two-bedroom in Manhattan is shabby in some ways, but the rent can’t be beat: less than $1,000 a month for a ..Read More

America’s Insidious Eviction Problem

An eviction can be extremely unsettling, with a family’s most personal effects—clothes, furniture, children’s toys—piled on street corners or hastily packed into trucks or cars. But while spectators may soon forget the disturbing scene, an eviction can ..Read More