80/20 living gets trickier when you become a mom

… I could afford nice things and extravagant vacationsmaybe not as often or as wild as my neighbors but pretty … giving my child what she needs to thrive    Our writer may live downtown but the moms she comes across seem pretty … of it Ive been able to take a year off of work and weve lived on my husbands salary alone At first my year …

By Anonymous |December 7, 2015 - 1:59PM
Rentals as cheap as $833/month in a luxury new Williamsburg building—how to apply now

… to live right near the epicenter of Bedford Ave on the cheap Applications opened today for 19 subsidized rentals at 223 North 8th Street per a listing on NYC Housing Connect Heres how apartment availabilities and income requirements break down …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 18, 2015 - 9:59AM
Can workers with tipped wages qualify for affordable housing?

… emails from readers asking for help in navigating their own real estate crises In  Realty Bites we try to get them answers … THE CONUNDRUM … I just had an interview for an affordable unit in a building in my neighborhood It went …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 21, 2015 - 1:30PM
Are NYC's affordable housing policies tantamount to segregation?

… New York residents  the New York Times reports the policy violates both the federal Fair Housing Law and the … According to the suit the citys outsiderrestriction policy ignores the negative impact on families in the city … of higher opportunity The last we heard about this policy at the start of the year affordable housing activists …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 9, 2015 - 2:04PM