August 13, 2021

This is What We Do: Research & Action - UNHP Multifamily Lenders Meeting

by UNHP
On July 28th we continued our This is What We Do series by highlighting our annual Multifamily Lenders Meeting as an example of how UNHP uses research and action to accomplish its mission to preserve affordable housing. The meeting focused on multifamily finance, specifically, the role that banks play in ensuring decent, habitable affordable housing for Bronx tenants. Read here for a summary of the meeting and the presentation materials.

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July 22, 2021

Sympathy Does Not Make It Right - The Fight for Healthcare Amid UHC & Montefiore Dispute

by UNHP
There is still apparently no agreement to restore the network relationship between United Healthcare (UHC) and Montefiore Health System. UNHP has learned a lot as we were faced with the loss of coverage for our staff about these issues and we remain committed to seeing that changes are made - this updated blog shares what we have learned and how we plan to move forward.

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Bronx, Healthcare
July 21, 2021

This is What We Do: Affordable Housing Preservation: Building Operators Meeting

by UNHP
For the third event in our virtual series and fundraiser, This is What We Do, UNHP brought together 31 Bronx housing operators from 12 organizations to discuss the issues that affect the housing they oversee to understand trends and emerging issues that jeopardize affordability. It is also What We Do to escalate these issues and seek to address the policies behind the issues. Read the full summary to learn more.
July 6, 2021

The Long Journey: Northwest Bronx Residents Share Their Housing Connect Experience

by UNHP
In this, the second post of the Housing Connect series, we look at how our program users at the Northwest Bronx Resource Center experience the Housing Connect process.

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June 29, 2021

Analyzing Affordability in the NYC Housing Lottery: An Overview of Housing Connect

by UNHP
As an HPD Housing Ambassador since 2017, UNHP assists Bronx residents to apply for the NYC Affordable Housing Lottery, known as Housing Connect. In this first post of a 2 part series about Housing New York, UNHP provides an overview of what is being built, and how that matches with the needs of Bronx residents.

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June 21, 2021

This is What We Do: Housing Connect Assistance for Bronx Residents #ViewsNWBX

by UNHP
This is What We Do is a series of events that illustrate how UNHP works towards its affordable housing and community service mission. UNHP provides valuable community services like assistance with the NYC affordable housing lottery, known as Housing Connect, to Bronx apartment seekers. UNHP also shares our experience and the experience of community members. UNHP has written a two-part blog post about those experiences and our suggestions on ways to make new affordable housing better meet the needs of community residents.

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June 11, 2021

A Year into the Pandemic: Taking Stock in the Bronx

by UNHP
It has been a year since the pandemic hit the Bronx hard and early with consequences for families and individuals in all the parts of their lives. Third, in our A Year Into Covid series, this blog post takes stock of where Bronx residents stand now in terms of health, jobs, and housing.
May 27, 2021

This is What We Do: Research & Action-Seminar on Rising Water Rates & The Threat to Affordable Housing

by UNHP
On Thursday, May 27th UNHP hosted a Water and Sewer Seminar looking at the ongoing rise of rates and their impact on affordable housing. UNHP, a longtime advocate for water and sewer rate reform shared a brief history of the changes that brought about the never-ending increases and a call for involvement about proposed rate increases, a new metered billing rate, and a study of the rate structure.
May 21, 2021

Rising Insurance Premiums Join Water & Sewer Costs as Threat to Affordable Housing

by UNHP
UNHP has worked for over 30 years to highlight rising water and sewer rates as a threat to housing affordability. The DEP Multifamily Water Assistance Program with its credit for affordable housing has ameliorated some, but not all of that threat. Now we are calling attention to rising insurance premiums and calling for action.

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May 17, 2021

A Year into the Pandemic: Trends in NYC Housing Finance

by UNHP
COVID has been with us for more than a year, and so has the search for signs of distress in multifamily rental housing in New York City. Despite that, there are still more questions than answers about how rent arrears & future rent relief, the pandemic-induced economic recession, and other shifts will affect multifamily housing, especially in neighborhoods that are home to low-income families and individuals of color.

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“UNHP has emerged as a thought leader on multi-family housing distress-a key issue facing all boroughs of New York City.”

— Rafael E. Cestero - President Community Preservation Corporation and former NYC Housing Commissioner