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🚨New policy brief from Pratt Center on the latest updates on home flipping released today! Learn more about home flipping at prattcenter.net/flippingout-2026.
Important reporting on new eligibility criteria for the State’s energy-saving building upgrades program!
Pratt Center research identified income eligibility rules as a major barrier, so this an important step toward expanding access for NYC’s low- and moderate-income communities. Read more ⬇️
And here's a few snippets, charts, and graphs below—incl. high and low census tracts for flipping, stats on median sale prices, and much more.
Announcing the OneLIC Oversight Task Force! Convened to track commitments from the 2025 rezoning, it brings residents, community leaders, and City agencies together to share updates and ensure accountability. Facilitated by Pratt Center. @cmjuliewon.bsky.social
Learn more: onelictracker.com
Join us on March 11 at 12 PM for a webinar with our community partners, where we'll walkthrough the toolkit's resources and how organization's can adapt EnergyFit's model to fit their local needs.
RSVP: prattcenter.net/our_work/ene...
We're proud to present a new resource for organizations looking to help 1-4 family homes decarbonize: the EnergyFit Toolkit!
It hosts learnings from our long-running program EnergyFit, which has delivered over 80+ free retrofits to homes in low-income communities: prattcenter.net/our_work/ene...
Knocked on many doors and pored over at many documents to figure out who exactly is getting their homes flipped and who is flipping them?
My @citylimitsnews.bsky.social story on the trend that is making homeownership feel even more out of reach & is prevalent in Black neighborhoods
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NYC is experiencing dangerously cold temps following this week's snowstorm. Warming centers are open across the city — including locations in Harlem & Upper Manhattan
If you or someone you know needs a warm place to go, don't wait
Find locations and warming buses near you at the link in our bio
An increasing number of outer borough family homes are sold within two years of being bought—at huge markups. As New NYC’s housing market tightens, some lawmakers say the tactics are predatory, targeting neighborhoods with Black homeowners. Via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/one-block-fi...
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🚨RED ALERT🚨 Governor Hochul is making a MAJOR PUSH to weaken the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA.)
Assemblymembers are meeting today at noon to discuss. Email your Assemblymember and tell them to PROTECT NEW YORKERS: act.nyrenews.org/email-assemb...
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An increasing number of family homes in the outer boroughs are sold within two years of being bought—at huge markups.
The state is adjusting income eligibility criteria for Empower+, which funds energy-saving building upgrades. Previous rules made it hard for NYC households to qualify: since 2010, only 7% of the program’s retrofit projects were in the five boroughs. citylimits.org/more-nyc-hou...
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The state is adjusting its income eligibility criteria for Empower+, which helps tenants and homeowners pay for energy-saving building upgrades.
