The Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) uses the interactive NYC Income Map as part of their resources to help Housing Development Fund Corporations appropriately price their units in New York City.
As UHAB explains, setting sale prices at affordable levels not only provides much-needed affordable housing in the city, but also increases the financial stability of the building by decreasing defaults on payments.
Head over to the UHAB website to check it out!
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Last Sunday, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) teamed up with the School of the Future for an al fresco affordable housing workshop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Participants used the Affordable Housing Toolkit to visualize housing costs in Greenpoint/Williamsburg and talk about the efforts there to preserve housing for people at the lower end of the income scale. Did you know that most of the affordable housing there is too expensive for the average family in the neighborhood?
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