Affordable Homeownership Summit | 2022

Tuesday, October 18, and Wednesday October 19 12-5pm For our ninth annual Affordable Homeownership Summit, hundreds of leaders, policymakers, lenders, and advocates convened online to envision and protect thriving neighborhoods for low- and moderate-income homeowners, exploring innovative solutions and best practices from work on the ground to policy made at the highest level. The 2022 […]

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Homeowners Struggle With Lack of Information During Pandemic

A 9/11 survivor whose bank halted her mortgage modification due to the pandemic. A homeowner-landlord who hasn’t received rental income from tenants since the pandemic began. A woman who lost her income to COVID-19, and was unable to receive any relief from her mortgage servicer — not a payment plan, loan modification, or a forbearance. […]

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Letter to Hill Regarding the Homeowner Assistance Fund

February 8, 2021 The Honorable Nancy P. Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Charles E. Schumer Democratic Leader U.S Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Republican Leader U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Speaker Pelosi, […]

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Why We Need A Homeowner Assistance Fund

There is a lot to praise about President-elect Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion relief package aimed at combating the economic crisis and COVID 19 pandemic, including stimulus payments, rental assistance and an extension of unemployment insurance. Those efforts will go a long way toward stabilizing vulnerable communities. However, the relief package falls short in addressing the […]

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Exploring racial inequalities in NYC home loans and home values

by Ayana Littlejohn, Analytical Consultant, SAS I am a Black woman in tech. Most days I find that I’m the only woman or person of color in the room, and because of that, I have constantly sought ways to use the powerful tools and skills I’ve harnessed over the years – in my education and […]

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Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge: Underwriting for Good

​N E W S  R E L E A S E For Immediate Release:   September 22, 2020  Contact: Cristian Salazar, cristian.salazar@cnycn.org Katie Groenke, katie.groenke@berlinrosen.com  Center for NYC Neighborhoods Receives $2.5 Million Award to Develop a Digital Product for Mortgage Lending to Increase Racial Equity in the Homebuyer Market Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge by Enterprise Community […]

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Affordable Homeownership Summit 2020

We hope you’ll join us at this year’s virtual Affordable Homeownership Summit, Wednesday, October 7 and Thursday, October 8. Tickets are now available! Contact fundraising@cnycn.org with any questions. For our seventh annual Affordable Homeownership Summit, hundreds of leaders, policymakers, elected officials, lenders, and advocates will convene online to discuss the challenges facing low- and moderate-income […]

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Landlords and tenants are both struggling, but working together is key

Working-class homeowners and their tenants have long come to rely on one another for stability amidst New York City’s volatile housing landscape. On the one hand, homeowners rent out apartments in their properties to help pay their mortgages and other housing expenses. On the other hand, tenants rely on homeowners to offer them apartments that […]

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Homeownership is essential for Black lives

By Natasha Edwards Pallan, CFO In 1979, my uncle, Texas State Rep. Al Edwards, introduced legislation to have Juneteenth declared a holiday in the Lone Star State. It was a massive undertaking, in his freshman year in the house no less, and required sustained persistence to gain support in the face of hostility and indifference […]

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COVID-19: Statement on the Introduction of the HEROES Act

Statement from Christie Peale, CEO and Executive Director of the Center for NYC Neighborhoods, on the Introduction of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives: No one should lose their home due to the COVID-19 crisis. With families facing the public health crisis, loss of loved […]

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