Gowanus rezoning could require developers to buy Housing Authority"s air rights

The Housing Authority of the Birmingham District is under new leadership. Michael Lundy, who has led the organization since 2016, was recently placed on paid administrative leave and Dontrelle Young-Foster was named interim president and CEO of th.....»»

"This is the largest improvement of existing public housing units that’s ever been done [in Memphis]," said Marcia Lewis, CEO of MHA......»»

The moratoriums will affect millions of loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and issued by the Federal Housing Authority......»»

Fear gripped financial markets around the world Monday as stock prices and bond yields plunge on worries about the effects of a new coronavirus. The most violent drops came from the oil markets,... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

It appears developers aren't any less hungry to build apartment projects, even though approvals have been stalled for some housing in parts of Orange County. In the past week, a trio of projects sought approvals for the construction of 1,000 apartme.....»»

The City Council member with power over the says the city needs to commit to fixing the neighborhood's before the can move forward. The rezoning plan has yet to enter the city's formal... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

This residential project was approved back in 2018 for 176 units, but now its developers are hoping to change course......»»

The San Antonio Housing Authority and Franklin Development’s proposed mixed-income apartment and townhome development near Hemisfair has a new, shorter design with significantly less retail and commercial space. The project on two plots on Cesar.....»»

At the height of the 2008 economic collapse, then-New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the elimination of a discriminatory housing practice known as “ “It all started back when there was a lot of... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

The New York City Housing Authority has struck an agreement to bring nearly 6,000 apartments in Manhattan and Brooklyn under private management in a deal that will raise more than $1.5 billion for... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

New apartment buildings often look to activists like precisely the problem. Let developers build more housing, particularly in poorer neighborhoods, and tenant groups and neighbors fear the market will .....»»

New apartment buildings often look to activists like precisely the problem. Let developers build more housing, particularly in poorer neighborhoods, and tenant groups and neighbors fear the market will .....»»

By James Hagedorn Gowanus residents and activists held a press conference last week in the communityʼs latest effort to steer a planned rezoning of their neighborhood. Weeks after the city announced.....»»

Part of the surge in multifamily development downtown is a substantial uptick in student housing developments that are an important part of the city's revitalization......»»

The Boston-based group Lawyers for Civil Rights on Monday filed an administrative complaint to federal housing authorities, alleging the city’s development-review process for the expansive Suffolk Downs proposal has not been accessible to non-English.....»»

Don't hold your breath for SoHo or NoHo rezoning anytime soon. Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday cast doubt on an  to change the zoning in two of the city's to allow construction of new housing.... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

The New York City Department of Housing Pres.....»»

U.S. developers are moving into the U.K.’s rapidly expanding market for rental housing, including student dorms and senior-living facilities......»»

The development team behind the air-rights tower coming to South Station and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority late Friday outlined how the mammoth mixed-use project will impact commuters who use the major transit hub. The 2.75-million-squ.....»»

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature effort to rezone swaths of the city to spur housing development and the construction of in order to relieve the affordability crisis has hit .  Several sources say... To view the full story, click the title link......»»