Passionate Black and brown housing advocates from across New York City rallied at City Hall last Thursday to demand the passage of “social housing” bills that would address the city’s housing crisis.
Albert Scott Jr., a lifelong East New York resident in Brooklyn who heads the East New York Community Land Trust organization, was beside himself with the turnout for the rally and subsequent hearing. His group has been working towards legislation that would protect Black & brown tenants and homeowners for years, putting an emphasis on community-first land development as opposed to a strictly for-profit-model that creates racial and economic displacement.
Sanchez, who chairs the council’s committee for housing and buildings, said the “dire housing crisis” is completely unequal and concentrated in low-income communities of color that also intersect with people living with disabilities and the LGBTQIA+ community. Sanchez and others were all largely in support of Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adam’s future plan to build over 800,000 thousand houses, reduce red tape, and enable market rate production across the city and state.
Lander, who is continuing his housing advocacy from when he was a council member, testified that median asking rents are nearing $3,500 a month with less than a 1% vacancy rate for units under $1,500 a month. He said the city is losing not only Black homeownership because of inaffordibilty, but younger generations across the board that don’t see a path to owning or even affording an apartment.
The East New York community sends a clear message to developers and anyone else who comes to the neighborhood, Barron said.
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