Billionaire NFL owner plans affordable housing for tony NJ suburb
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Billionaire NFL owner plans affordable housing for tony NJ suburb

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Locals in West Orange, NJ aren’t just shouting from the rooftops — they’re shouting about what might be built above them.  A billionaire’s bid to transform a pristine hilltop with Manhattan skyline views into a nearly 500-unit apartment complex is the latest drama…

In One Colorado Town, People Experiencing Homelessness Can Sleep in Their Car — if They Have a Job
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In One Colorado Town, People Experiencing Homelessness Can Sleep in Their Car — if They Have a Job

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On the side of a highway leading to some of the most coveted slopes in the world, in a parking lot covered in snow, a form of affordable housing has emerged. Here in cars, trucks and vans, behind foggy windshields and zipped in…

Barcelona Becomes Ground Zero for Europe’s Housing Dilemma
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Barcelona Becomes Ground Zero for Europe’s Housing Dilemma

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In 33 years, Marga Aguilar never missed a rent payment on her apartment in a Modernist-style building in the heart of Barcelona. The owner of the building had always treated her and the other tenants as if they were family, and kept rents…

Brad Lander Would Declare Housing Emergency if Elected N.Y.C. Mayor
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Brad Lander Would Declare Housing Emergency if Elected N.Y.C. Mayor

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Declare a state of emergency because of New York City’s housing crisis. Build 50,000 homes on public golf courses. Triple subsidies for affordable housing. These are a few of Brad Lander’s ideas to address the housing crisis if he is elected mayor in…

The Housing Crisis Forces Change on a Low-Rise Pocket of Brooklyn
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The Housing Crisis Forces Change on a Low-Rise Pocket of Brooklyn

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Change doesn’t always come easily in Brooklyn’s liberal strongholds. But New York’s push to build more housing in every corner of the city — even in places that have sometimes been skeptical of new development — cleared a significant hurdle on Wednesday, when…

Number of protestors against Brooklyn homeless shelter quadruples
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Number of protestors against Brooklyn homeless shelter quadruples

ByNews Polite

The number of furious protesters fighting against the construction of a homeless shelter in south Brooklyn has quadrupled since the arrest of local Council Member Susan Zhuang. Nearly 200 people gathered outside the construction site of the proposed 150-capacity men’s shelter in Bensonhurst chanting their objection to the beat of…

Mayor Adams’ key affordable housing ‘City of Yes’ initiative skewered by Council
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Mayor Adams’ key affordable housing ‘City of Yes’ initiative skewered by Council

ByNews Polite

City Council members are raising concerns about the next step of Mayor Eric Adams’ landmark “City of Yes” plan to bring thousands of apartments to the East Bronx — claiming the chosen area lacks crucial infrastructure. Lawmakers sounded the alarm last week over the Bronx Metro-North Neighborhood Plan, which will…