Sunday, May 23, 2021

Senator Schumer and Rep. Torres looking to double federal funding to fund public housing

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 Bronx Times

 Senator Charles Schumer and Congressman Ritchie Torres unveiled a push over the weekend for an $80-plus billion dollar investment in federal public housing funds via the just-proposed American Jobs Plan.

Schumer and Torres said after decades of disinvestment, bad management and federal neglect, NYCHA and its residents face a “now-or-never moment” to secure critically-needed investments via the American Jobs Plan.

The lawmakers said the administration’s plan calls for $40 billion dollars for the whole nation, but that number is not enough given the needs of public housing properties across the country, particularly in New York. Schumer and Torres said they are going to fight to double down on that proposal to ensure that it is at least $80 billion dollars.

“As a product of NYCHA, the subject of public and affordable housing is deeply personal to me,” Torres said. “Investing in and repairing public housing means investing in hard working families. While the American Jobs Plan proposes to invest $40 billion in public housing, that simply is not enough and will not cover all the capital repairs needed in public housing nationwide. We need to double that commitment in order to address the public housing repair backlog. Together with my House and Senate colleagues we will continue to push the Biden Administration to make significant investments in NYCHA and public housing authorities across the country.”

The American Jobs Plan called on Congress to invest $40 billion to improve the infrastructure of the public housing system in America. The funding “will address critical life-safety concerns, mitigate imminent hazards to residents, and undertake energy efficiency measures, which will significantly reduce ongoing operating expenses. The improvements will disproportionately benefit women, people of color, and people with disabilities.”

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Prove Me Wrong said...
Public housing needs to be privitized ! It's policies are always enforcing segregation and concentrating poverty. Crime is still the defining problem of public housing not funding.

Anonymous said...

I hope AOC primaries this hack !

Anonymous said...

I was reading the article and was surprised I didn’t see the words ‘Black or Brown’ or ‘POC’. Good to see them throw that in on the last sentence. The race to the bottom continues.

Anonymous said...

“Come on man” If food, rent and car was free I still wouldn't live in NYC lol

Anonymous said...

Does this mean that Trump Tower gets a free makeover?

Anonymous said...

Is this housing for the sheeple?

Anonymous said...

"Is this housing for the sheeple?"
No ! The Sheeple are the Tax Payers and they get to pay for it !
You know like the bike lanes...

Anonymous said...

Right now about 40% of NYCHA residents are not paying rent or have received rent reductions due to financial hardship.

Anonymous said...

Maybe the government can borrow our 401k and other savings and what's left in social security to pay for it and give us 1% interest on the seized I mean borrowed money.I don't need my. 401k at this point of my life,these people have nothing,the Jim Crow Demacratic party hooked them on welfare and drugs,its payback time.

Anonymous said...

Heard last night it's up to 2 Hundred Billion with everyone jumping on the Great Pork Express,stabbed in the back by republicans again,when it's free money there is only 1 party.

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