Why can't the city simply seize buildings from negligent landlords, and turn them over to the tenants?

As one of the few affordable housing options out there for … era where negligent landlords were more or less abandoning buildings and the tenants within them to rot the HDFC … followup why isnt the city just turning these buildings over to their residents instead of allowing criminally …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 1, 2017 - 9:59AM
For buyers under the income cap, a cozy East Village studio for $360,000

… putting it below the typical asking price for similar apartments in this pricey part of the city However you may … do your homework on this one The listing notes that its a restricted salewith an income cap of $104000 for prospective buyerswhich likely …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 14, 2017 - 1:45PM