Tag: Rental Assistance Demonstration

Water, hot water, and heat outages continue unabated at NYCHA public housing developments, as do the RAD/PACT conversions that are privatising public housing by Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NYC). Throughout, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez remains silent as she promotes a Green New Deal that has failed to improve the living conditions of public housing residents. Fight For NYCHA/File Photograph

AOC admits trades unions helped her author Green New Deal bill, explaining silence on RAD/PACT conversions at NYCHA

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to promote her Green New Deal for public housing that has failed to improve the living conditions of public housing residents, much less stop the RAD/PACT conversion that is leading to the privatisation of public housing.

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In an SDNY courtroom, motion practise in the Baez class action mold abatement case by NYCHA residents is set to collide with the inferior HUD Settlement Agreement negotiated by the U.S. Attorney's Office. The fate of the future of public housing hangs in the balance. NASA (Fair Use)

The de Blasio administration claims that RAD/PACT provide NYCHA an escape hatch from having to guarantee habitable living conditions to public housing residents

The de Blasio administration’s claims that RAD/PACT lead to greater protections for NYCHA public housing residents is under challenge in the Baez case.

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Governments have divested from public housing in a bid to unlock the value of real estate for private landlords. To do this, public housing authorities have willingly demolished public housing. The same fate that befell Cabrini-Green in Chicago now threatens some NYCHA public housing apartment buildings, thanks to Mayor Bill de Blasio (WFP-New York City). Source : Joe M500 (CC BY 2.0). Original photograph was cropped for this photo illustration.

de Blasio plans to convert another 1,718 public housing apartments in Manhattan under RAD, even after new signaling and the unknown threat of demolition looms over NYCHA

NYCHA CEO Greg Russ has signaled a new tune on the RAD conversion of public housing, contradicting RAD conversions and demolition seemingly yet to take place.

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Members of the NYCHA preservation group, Fight For NYCHA, allege that the plan by Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-New York City) to put one-third of NYCHA's public housing apartments into a public-private partnership under a H.U.D. programme known as Rental Assistance Demonstration exposes tenants to the risk of civil rights violations. A news report reveals that such tenants will not be protected by a Court-ordered Federal Monitor. Fight For NYCHA

U.S. Attorney mum following revelation that NYCHA tenants lose Federal Monitor after RAD conversion under HUD settlement

The Settlement Agreement announced in Jan. 2019 by U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman denies Federal monitorship to NYCHA residents converted under RAD.

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Members of the activist group Fight For NYCHA obtained copies of RAD/PACT documents, including the RAD Residential Apartment Lease Agreement. Fight For NYCHA

DOCUMENT DROP : RAD Lease shows that NYCHA residents are forced to accept apartments “as is,” waiving implied warranty of habitability

NYCHA’s form of its RAD Lease Agreement includes what may be an unenforceable disclaimer of the implied warranty of habitability. The RAD Handbook distributed by NYCHA shows that residents have no guarantee for repairs, face supportive service cuts.

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Information obtained by Progress New York reveals details about Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to transfer a vast amount of NYCHA's public housing assets to the private sector.

DOCUMENT DROP : Details about Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plans to transfer a significant portion of NYCHA’s public housing assets to the private sector

Data received anonymously reportedly shows which public housing developments are part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plans for the privatisation of the New York City Housing Authority.

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In 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, leading to a spill of an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil. Over the years, the fossil fuel industry and the U.S. Military have laid waste to the environment. Notwithstanding, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14) believes that the first target of her green "New Deal" program to stop climate change should be ... public housing residents. NOAA

AOC’s green New Deal for public housing ignores heat outages, Mayor’s plan for demolition and RAD conversion, and makes NYCHA tenants wait years for repairs

The Green New Deal for public housing proposed by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ignores the public health emergency taking place now at the New York City Housing Authority.

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With no public input, Campos Plaza I in the East Village, was sold with other project-based, Section 8 buildings in 2014 by the de Blasio Administration to a consortium of private real estate developers. The lack of transparency in the sale of public housing assets is only getting worse. Source : File Photograph

With NYCHA undergoing so much change, Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office, once critical about lack of Government transparency, now working with no openness

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for New York’s southern district, which first revealed in 2016 information about the New York City Housing Authority’s lead poisoning crisis, now violates transparency by operating in the dark.

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