The Sutton, 12 story affordable housing units in Central Harlem.

What's the Best Way to Create Affordable Housing?

The Leonard Lopate Show | Feb 21, 2014

New York Observer reporter Chris Pomorski looks at why efforts to incorporate affordable housing into the major real estate development plans like Hudson Yards have had mixed results—and what changes the de Blasio administration plans to make. He's the author of the article "Is Manhattan for Everyone? The pied-à-terre and the ‘poor door’."

 

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