REMARKS
Marte expresses concerns about affordable housing and displacement
3:45:38
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Council Member Marte articulates his concerns about the ongoing housing crisis in his district, highlighting issues of displacement, eviction, and speculation despite increased development. He emphasizes the urgent need for affordable housing and critiques the current approach to development.
- Marte points out that rents continue to skyrocket despite increased development
- He mentions issues of tenant displacement, rent-stabilized unit demolition, and speculation
- Marte notes the recent addition of 431 affordable housing units in his district, including 231 deeply affordable units at Grand Street Guild
Christopher Marte
3:45:38
However, we continue to see rents skyrocketed.
3:45:41
Tenants continue to be displaced.
3:45:43
Rent stabilized units continue to be demolished in the name of supply.
3:45:48
But so far, we've seen exactly that.
3:45:50
Displacement, eviction, deregulation, and speculation.
3:45:53
As a council member, I can't tell my constituents, don't worry, take the brunt of it, and hopefully down the road, we're gonna have affordability.
3:46:01
We need affordable housing now, especially in my district.
3:46:03
And so just as a comment, one of my biggest complaints was that we didn't look at NIH much stronger and made more changes to it to mandate affordability citywide because I think we are in affordable housing crisis.
3:46:19
Going to my first question and actually side note, since we last chatted at the city planning hearing, my district did build 431 affordable housing units 2 weeks ago, we did the ribbon cutting at Grand Street Guild, which provided 231 deeply affordable housing units, and I want to thank HPD for their help with Catholic charities on that.
