Ending NYC’s affordable housing lottery policy that drives segregationBy NY Post Editorial Board
July 2, 2023
Oops: New York City’s been violating the federal Fair Housing Act, as well as its own Human Rights Law, for decades by absentmindedly promoting segregation in affordable housing.
After eight years of litigation by the Anti-Discrimination Center, the issue’s finally headed to trial; the city’s better off settling the case first.
The problem: Since 1988, the city’s offered people who already live in a given neighborhood preferences in lotteries for new local affordable-housing units.
It started as Mayor Ed Koch began massive renovation of abandoned residential buildings in blighted areas like the South Bronx, with every intention of benefiting low-income locals, including the homeless.
Later, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, trying to bribe communities to accept new projects, upped the “for locals only” requirement from 30% to 50%.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/07/02/ending-the-citys-affordable-racism-housing-policy/
