A handful of tenants were accepted at first — then rejected after being asked to document their incomes.
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Trump HUD Cuts Target Public Housing Fixes and Apartment Vouchers
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts would cripple crucial building upgrades at city public housing developments — and zap subsidies for thousands of renters, New York’s congressional delegation warned Monday. The fiscal 2021 budget proposed by Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Benjamin Carson last month eliminates all HUD funding for big-ticket “capital […]
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Catching Up With New Yorkers You Met in THE CITY
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Landlords Ghost Apartment Hunters When Housing Vouchers Come Up
Additional reporting by Claudia Irizarry Aponte Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. A monthslong quest to get Bronx retiree Irma Troche an apartment has followed a pattern, her two daughters say: They find a place, reach out to the landlord […]