Fast forward twenty years from today. Pathways to healthy, sustainable, affordable homeownership have been cleared for New York’s working families, whether they are seeking to buy or to stay in their homes. Communities of color have access to fair lending for homeownership, and the racial wealth gap has been reduced significantly. Seniors have the resources […]
Like many people, Gerald Fils-Aime didn’t realize that his homeowners insurance didn’t cover damage caused by flooding. But now he understands the need to purchase a separate flood insurance policy, and knows that his home in Canarsie is far from protected from the next storm. “Having information is half the battle,” he said. Fils-Aime gained […]
FloodHelpNY was created by the Center for NYC Neighborhoods to help families and homeowners build resiliency measures into place to reduce the risk of flooding and flood insurance increases. However, cooperative housing units in the Lower East Side and East Village are susceptible to storm damage due to maintenance and modernization issues. Read the […]
An additional 2,500 low- and moderate-income homeowners have been added to the Home Resiliency Audit program after months of advocacy from council members. The Center, which is in charge of running the program, will counsel homeowners about reducing their flood insurance rates and provide free elevation certificates. Read the rest of the article here […]
Are you thinking of buying your first home? Becoming a homeowner can be an exciting, rewarding prospect, but it’s not without risks. Here are some of the benefits and drawbacks of homeownership. Benefit: You’re No Longer a Renter Sick of dealing with a landlord? When you’re a renter, you can find yourself facing rent increases, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 Contact: Cristian Salazar, 646-786-0898 or cristian.salazar@cnycn.org GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF STORM RECOVERY AND CENTER FOR NYC NEIGHBORHOODS ANNOUNCE EXPANSION OF PIONEERING $13.5 MILLION RESILIENCY PROGRAM; NEARLY 500 HOMES AUDITED TO DATE Home Resiliency Audit Program for Low- to Moderate-Income Homeowners Expanding to Additional Brooklyn Neighborhoods to Include a Total of 2,500 Homes; Select Participants […]
Five years ago, Superstorm Sandy struck New York City, causing roughly $19 billion in damage to homes and businesses in coastal communities. As advocates, emergency workers and the City mobilized in response to the disaster, so did the Center, initially by raising millions of dollars to directly help homeowners and by providing assistance through our […]
Soon after Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New York City nearly ten years ago, we mobilized to respond to the needs of homeowners as they struggled to recover from flooding and damage to their houses. For many, recovery continues to this day. Homeowners and those of us who have worked alongside them have learned lessons […]
On any given day, staff members at the Center for NYC Neighborhoods field phone calls from across the state on everything from reverse mortgages to home repairs. They are the front-line staff of the Center who work at the Homeowner Hub, which has outgrown its roots as a “call center” over the past few years. […]
Though they live just a half-mile from the Paerdegat Basin in Brooklyn, George and Laura Fishman were spared the kind of damage that upended their neighbors’ lives during Hurricane Sandy. (There were not, for instance, fish in their basement.) But that posed a problem of its own. How, the Fishmans asked themselves, can we prepare for […]
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