Coalition to End Apartment Warehousing / Coalición Contra el Amacenamiento de Apartamentos
In Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, the city government is becoming a landlord itself by renting empty apartments and subletting them as subsidized housing. In Barcelona, Spain, the housing department is threatening to take possession of empty properties and do the same.
While New York City is experiencing a severe shortage of affordable housing and increase in homelessness both before and amidst the pandemic, landlords are holding thousands of affordable units off the market.’
Oct. 15, 2020
In response to the NY Times article on how to make New York City more affordable , some posts pointed to vacant units. Chris in Queens, fo...
