Positive Public Housing

Fighting stigmas associated with public housing in the U.S. by sharing success stories and progressive initiatives

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A pilot project of the New York City Housing Authority, the Digital Van initiative is an effort to bridge the gap by providing high-speed Internet access, computers and printers for residents looking for work in an increasingly digital marketplace.

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Digital Vans– essentially computer labs on wheels are available for NYCHA residents and community members to link to the Internet, search for job opportunities, touch-up your resume and much more. The vans travel around the city, stopping in areas that have limited or no access to broadband high-speed internet service.

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NYCHA and MoCADA hosted piano legend Randy Weston (accompanied by African Rhythms) for a Father’s Day concert on the basketball court at Fort Greene’s Walt Whitman Houses

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The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts is launching a monthly series of top-caliber performances at Fort Greene’s Walt Whitman Houses and the nearby Ingersoll and Farragut complexes — the only program of its kind in New York City Housing Authority properties.

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“Having this program is a step up. We all want a better home. We raise our families here. Everybody needs to join hands and be in this together.”

NYCHA resident Bernadette McNear, the Resident Association President at Rangel Houses, at a meeting on June 12 at the Polo Grounds Community Center

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NYCHA staff is meeting with residents in June at the four developments (Edenwald Houses in the Bronx, Marlboro Houses in Brooklyn, and Polo Grounds Towers and Rangel Houses in Manhattan) to outline what the program includes, such as 24-hour availability of emergency services, youth programs, proper outdoor lighting and anti-graffiti efforts.

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StudioNYCHA features a collage by NYCHA residents at Manhattanville Senior Center, where they were guided by artist instructor Tesfaye Tessema.

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New York City Housing Authority Chairman John B Rhea discusses the release of Plan NYCHA: A Roadmap for Preservation, an ambitious call to foster partnerships as well as maintain and improve public housing services for current and future generations of New Yorkers.

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NYCHA requests proposals by 2 p.m. on June 11 from established medical facilities, such as hospitals, clinics and physicians’ offices, to conduct urine tests to detect the presence of certain specified controlled substances.

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With $10 million in funding from the City Council, NYCHA anticipates filling an additional 116,000 work orders annually – reducing approximately 12 percent of the maintenance work orders in the backlog. The Authority expects to create 176 new jobs that will be filled by NYCHA residents.  NYCHA anticipates that half of the positions will be filled by graduates of the NYCHA Resident Training Academy (NRTA) and half will be filled by current residents working at NYCHA. 

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Two years after the devastating earthquake in Haiti that rendered more than a half-million people homeless, a re-building effort of permanent homes is underway thanks to the generosity of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) employees and NYCHA’s long-time partnership with Habitat for Humanity NYC.

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NYC's antiquated parking requirements stand in the way of revitalization

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Recruited by NYCHA Chairman John Rhea, Laboy-Diaz has revamped the NYCHA work order system and formed a task force of skilled tradespeople to tackle apartments with 10 or more outstanding work orders. The task force is moving from development to development, including many in the Bronx.

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A developer will break ground Friday on a modest 49-unit development in the Morrisania section of the Bronx that some hope has greater significance: as a model for building public housing despite funding constraints.