In NYC, affordable housing is under attack. As the forces of gentrification move through Brooklyn, landlords and developers are doing everything in their power to displace rent-stabilized tenants — particularly in minority communities like Greenpoint, Bushwick, and Bedford-Stuyvesant, that have long been underserved by the City.
Portions of this post originally appeared in two articles written for RentLogic.
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Bushwick, Resisting: Open Data and Affordable Housing
Affordable housing is serious business in Brooklyn. Squarely in the crosshairs of gentrifiers, the borough — oft-celebrated, oft-condemned — is a rental market battleground.
Portions of this post were originally published in two posts on the RentLogic blog.
Alex Verman Green 