CICA has collected over 23K signatures to stop NYC housing authority from pushing out the poor. "Mayor de Blasio is not telling the people of our
city the truth about the privatization of public
housing, about the deals the City struck with real
estate developers to build “unaffordable” hous-
ing on NYCHA grounds, the evictions, displace-
ment, and record homelessness. 8% of NYCHA’s
apartments hav
e been sold to developers. We
New Yorkers are demanding that the Mayor stop!"
- Dr. Lenora B. Fulani
Fact Sheet - The Privatization of NYCHA Housing and Property
• Mayor de Blasio’s so called “affordable” housing plan calls for 17,000 units of housing to be built on NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA) land. 13,500 units will be so-called affordable (60% AMI or $50,000 household annual income) and 3,500 will be market rate rentals. NYCHA is also selling a 50% share in apartment units to developers in many NYCHA developments. Over 14,000 NYCHA apartments have been sold to developers.
• NYCHA is selling and leasing its parking lots, open spaces and playgrounds to developers for private “affordable” housing, built and owned by developers. The public housing safety net is being torn down.
• NYCHA’s Next Generation plan for this housing will be accomplished in partnership with pri- vate developers.
• The new housing -- known as in ll housing -- will be privately owned and managed by private real estate developers. NYCHA residents do not have access to the amenities of the new housing that is being built on NYCHA open space and parking lots.
• After 30 years developers can opt out of affordable housing programs and charge market rents.
• 25% of the in ll housing will be available to NYCHA residents by lottery or a total of 4,250 units.
• 600,000 people live in 178,000 units of NYCHA housing. The average household income is $23,500.
• NYCHA is accelerating its eviction of families who house family members who have ever been convicted of a crime.
• Ingersoll Houses-Brooklyn, Mill Brook Houses-Bronx, Van Dycke Houses-Brooklyn, Wyckoff Gardens-Brooklyn, and Holmes Towers-Manhattan are the next publicly known projects that will be targeted by NYCHA for in ll housing.
• NYCHA’s Chair Shola Olatoye, despite the fact that NYCHA representatives met 14 times with residents of Holmes Towers and Wyckoff Gardens, stated that they will proceed with the so-called affordable in ll housing despite resident opposition.
• NYCHA Chair Olatoye stated at the January 26, 2016 Public Hearing at Holmes Towers that NYCHA will develop 40 in ll buildings over 10 years and that NYCHA will not inform the public where these buildings - in ll and the sale of NYCHA apartments to developers - are taking place. Many deals with developers are underway.
• Community Board 6 Manhattan released a resolution in March 2016 calling on NYCHA to be transparent about its plans to privatize its public housing.
