foreclosures
WeinsteinA new report [http://www.nysenate.gov/files/pdfs/2014%20Foreclosure%20Final%20Report.pdf] co-authored by Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein and State Senator Jeff Klein indicates that nearly 30,000 homeowners in New York City are at risk of losing their properties to foreclosure, and the pair are now demanding their
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A home in Seagate after Sandy. (Photo by Erica Sherman)The Committee on Recovery and Resiliency held its first hearing last Thursday in Coney Island and during the meeting New York City Housing Authority revealed that housing projects that were affected by Superstorm Sandy would be stuck with shoddily built
housing
The following was sent to us from NYC Build it Back, which assists Superstorm Sandy-impacted homeowners, landlords and renters restore their homes and get their lives back to normal: NYC Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/builditback] has selected a developer to help Brooklyn rebuild from Hurricane Sandy, stronger
Brooklyn Housing & Family Services
The following was sent to us from Brooklyn Housing & Family Services, Coney Island Hospital and the Brooklyn Streetcar Artists Group:
buildings
We recently reported [/blog/politics/councilmember-mathieu-eugenes-real-estate-woes] on the rent-stabilized apartment where District 40 Council Member Mathieu Eugene may or may not live. But, while most renters in our area are probably familiar with terms like “rent stabilization” and “affordable housing,” we thought it might be timely to go over what
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BNA’s office inside the Chase Bank at 1002 Brighton Beach Avenue. Source: Google MapsIn an event that had to be rescheduled to a later date [/friday-bna-holds-meeting-on-senior-benefits-and-housing/], the Brighton Neighborhood Association (BNA) will be hosting a “Senior Benefits [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=554501414583182&set=a.218145488218778.
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Source: Maple Lanes via www.bowlmaple.comBorough President Marty Markowitz will hold a public hearing in the matter of a zoning map amendment which would rezone the property that Maple Lanes currently stands to house condos and a synagogue [/say-it-aint-so-maple-lanes-to-close/]. The hearing will be at the Borough President’s Court
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Bryan Eisenberg thought things were getting better after he brought the fight with his landlord online. After Sheepshead Bites’ report about his website and his tensions with his allegedly abusive landlord [/sheepshead-tenant-turns-to-web-to-battle-landlord/], other news outlets [http://www.wpix.com/videogallery/66825413/News/Man-Creates-Website-To-Expose-Bad-Landlord] picked it up. Government agencies started paying
housing
Robert Haggerty was taking an afternoon nap when a neighbor woke him with shouts that his Lake Avenue home was on fire [/breaking-fire-on-emmons-avenue-and-lake-avenue/] yesterday. The legally blind longtime Sheepshead Bay resident bolted out of bed and out the door, in time to find the home next door ablaze, and flames
federal housing administration
There is another huge mortgage problem on the horizon, one that will even more directly burden the taxpayer than the current crisis: Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans. Let’s compare what happened during the mortgage crisis and what’s happening now. Before, if you didn’t have money to make