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problems for the housing co-op in the future.

Change You Can Believe In UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Richard Scorce on April 01, 2009

looking to upgrade their standard of living moved in. Because things were so comfortable and affordable

Basement Beautiful UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Bill Morris on May 01, 2009

. “In this bad economy, not everyone can afford to go out and buy a bigger apartment or a house,” he
for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster, and for other purposes," would allow co ... by an elected board of directors, these housing corporations are like mini-cities with their own bylaws ... make housing cooperatives and condominium associations eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency
's Disaster Recovery Program, which came through the city’s Housing Development Corporation (HDC). Up
that new mayor Bill de Blasio "is so interested in housing — reducing costs and making it better ... operate How do NYC co-ops and condos operate? Governed by an elected board of directors, these housing ... units of multifamily housing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 30 percent over the next
because they can not afford to live here. They were able to get by when there were no assessments
," says David Raper, a Housing Works executive. "You call the city, we come and arrange all ... June 3, 2011 — New York City has begun a program to help apartment-house residents
operate? Governed by an elected board of directors, these housing corporations are like mini ... balconies, and redo the roof. The 2008 loan for that work was secured from the city's Department of Housing
Sheldon Silver hammered out a "green housing" agreement during closed-doors negotiations over the weekend

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