New York real estate is booming, but who is benefiting?

Real estate in New York City is the equivalent of oil in Texas.  Everyone needs it; it is the hottest commodity in town; and the industry that provides it is the most powerful around. But 25% of New York City households spend more than half of their income on rent, and too many New Yorkers can’t find decent housing at all. That’s why our homeless population is at an all-time high.

Housing Here and Now is breaking the cycle of politics and power that puts decent housing out of reach for millions of New Yorkers. This new and feisty coalition of affordable housing groups, labor unions, AIDS activists, churches and community groups have joined together  to demand that our leaders guarantee housing for ALL New Yorkers.

Join our active campaigns:

New York Is Our Home

New York Is Our Home unites tenant groups, the NYC Central Labor Council and the Working Families Party around a platform for affordable rents. 

Gov. Spitzer passes  NYCHA shelter allowance increase!! Read our press release about the housing movement's most recent success:
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Read our report:
Losing Ground: How Middle Class, Working and Poor New Yorkers are Being Priced Out
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For more information, including recent victories on  preservation of Mitchell Lama and NYCHA housing, visit  New York Is Our Home's blog:
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Fix It Now

Fix It Now is holding landlords, mortgage lenders and the City accountable for bad building conditions. Click here for more information about Fix It Now.

Click here for more information about  the Asthma Free Homes Campaign(205 kb Acrobat .pdf download)

For previous campaigns, click here.