Neighborhood success stories : creating and sustaining affordable housing in New York / Carol Lamberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamberg, Carol, author.

Contributor:

Brewer, Gale A., 1951- writer of foreword.

Díaz, Rúben, 1973- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Low-income housing--New York (State)--New York.

Low-income housing.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This book illustrates examples of successful community development on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and in the Bronx, using seven different methods of finance, only one of which is still available today. The buildings were developed between 1975 and 1997.

Contents:

Cover

NEIGHBORHOOD SUCCESS STORIES

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Part I: Overview

1 Housing Issues and Experiences

2 Getting Started at Settlement Housing Fund

Part II: A West Bronx Story

3 Walton and Townsend

4 Deciding to Own and Competing to Win

5 Collaborations and Battles

6 Here Come the Families

7 The Stucco Falls Off and the Playground Collapses

8 Finding Jack

9 Community Programs, Philosophy, and Achievements

10 New Settlement Community Campus: The Schools, Center, and Pool

11 A Few of the Families

12 New Settlement Today

Part III: A Tale of Two Bridges

13 Two Bridges: The Early Years

14 Two Bridges Houses

15 Lands End I

16 Lands End II

17 The Pathmark

18 Two Bridges Townhouses

19 Two Bridges Senior Housing

20 Two Bridges Tower

21 The Future for Two Bridges

Part IV: Looking Ahead

22 Lessons and Recommendations

Appendix: List of Federal, State, and Local Programs

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780823279210

0823279219