How one New Yorker is trying to buy her affordable housing dream

… Here at Brick we write about affordable housing nearly every day whether its a new listing thats … the time I parted with my most recent massively overpriced rent check it started to occur to me Why am I not taking my …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 26, 2016 - 1:15PM
I finally got off the wait list for a Mitchell-Lama apartment, and now the building's going private. What can I do?

… crises In  Realty Bites we try to get them answers … THE CONUNDRUM … After more than seven years on the waiting list … told there are no longer apartments available Friends who live there tell me that there are plenty of studios … is purposefully keeping apartments off the market in hopes of selling or renting them out at a higher price once …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 2, 2015 - 9:59AM
'Green' your building to up its market value, bunk up in a Brooklyn art gallery, and more

… Woodside with an Oct 31 deadline Brownstoner Queens previously Adding green space to your building and how it ups … as a nightlight  and  knows how to call your emergency contacts Apartment Therapy Apply for a $1000 grant to spruce … up for our  weekly newsletter follow us on  Twitter and like us on  Facebook … Buy … Sales Market …

By Virginia K. Smith |October 22, 2014 - 10:59AM
What happens when affordable Mitchell-Lama buildings go market rate?

… up the government subsidies they currently enjoy as an affordable housing complex and taking the building market rate This means that residents who originally bought their …

By Virginia K. Smith |October 3, 2014 - 11:59AM