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  2. List of New York City Housing Authority properties - Wikipedia

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    Vanderveer Estates Apartments nka Flatbush Gardens, [1] Tiffany Towers nka Tivoli Towers, [2] Ebbets Field Apartments [3] and Towers of Bay Ridge [4] and Rutland Rd Houses in Brooklyn, all five includes rent, gas & electric (AC including) in the lease, so it's not projects or developments owned by NYCHA, even though all five take Section 8.

  3. Single-room occupancy - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Single-room occupancy (SRO) is a type of low-cost housing typically aimed at residents with low or minimal incomes, or single adults who like a minimalist lifestyle, who rent small, furnished single rooms with a bed, chair, and sometimes a small desk. [1] SRO units are rented out as permanent residence and/or primary residence [2] to ...

  4. Breaking Ground - Wikipedia

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    Breaking Ground, formerly Common Ground, [2] is a nonprofit social services organization in New York City whose goal is to create high-quality permanent and transitional housing for the homeless. Its philosophy holds that supportive housing costs substantially less than homeless shelters — and many times less than jail cells or hospital rooms ...

  5. New York City Housing Authority - Wikipedia

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    Website. nyc.gov/nycha. The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is a public development corporation which provides public housing in New York City, and is the largest public housing authority in North America. Created in 1934 as the first agency of its kind in the United States, it aims to provide decent, affordable housing for low- and ...

  6. Mitchell–Lama Housing Program - Wikipedia

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    The Mitchell–Lama Housing Program is a non-subsidy governmental housing guarantee in the state of New York. It was sponsored by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell and Assemblyman Alfred A. Lama. It was signed into law in 1955 as The Limited-Profit Housing Companies Act (now officially contained in 1962 Private Housing Finance law ...

  7. New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal

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    DHCR administers various programs aimed at developing, rehabilitating, and preserving affordable housing in the state. However, there have been instances of DHCR failing to monitor these programs (such as the Mitchell–Lama Housing Program), with ethics concerns being raised due to the financial gain of DHCR employees from taxpayer funds despite failing to enforce the regulations of the ...