Let’s break this down.
650 applications came in for every 1 available apartment.
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Nearly 10,000 eligible applications came in for those units, or 1,107 applications per apartment.
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For example, apartments in majority-white Greenpoint received more than double the applications from outsiders than majority-Black community districts — such as Crown Heights.
In a recent report on anti-Black racism from the city’s Commission on Human Rights, frustration with the housing lottery came through.
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- community land trusts (a nonprofit organization takes
ownership of property for future development)
- land banking
- investing in public housing again
- converting hotels into SRO residences.
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