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Our City Our Homes Mayoral Candidates Forum 2013

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June 26, 2013
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Our City Our Homes Mayoral Candidates Forum 2013

From OCOH 2013 Forum Event Page:

New York City needs a new and expansive housing vision that encapsulates the needs of all. Join the Our City, Our Homes Affordable Neighborhoods Mayoral Forum on June 25th to learn more about each mayoral candidates' plans for Affordable Housing and how they will address four key issues:
- Overhaul of the Code Enforcement System
- Commitment to a Real Affordability Development Policy and Guaranteed Inclusionary Zoning
- Improvement and Preservation of the Public Housing Stock in New York City
- Expansion of resources to promote Homeownership Opportunities and Prevent Foreclosure

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June 26, 2013

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  1. is a broad coalition of neighborhood and city wide organizations

    working together to advance a progressive housing agenda in 2013!
  2. THE PLATFORM 1. Overhauling of the Code Enforcement System 2.

    Commitment to a Real Affordability development policy and Guaranteed Inclusionary Zoning measures 3. Improvement and Preservation of Public Housing Stock in NYC 4. Expansion of Resources to Promote Homeownership Opportunities and Prevent Foreclosures
  3. New York City needs a new housing vision that recognizes

    Varied Incomes, Backgrounds and Housing Needs
  4. 1. Overhauling of of the Code Enforcement System 2. Commitment

    to a Real Affordability development Policy and Guaranteed Inclusionary Zoning 3. Improvement and Preservation of the Public Housing Stock in NYC 4. Expansion of Resources to Promote Homeownership Opportunities and Prevent Foreclosures THE PLATFORM
  5. A coalition of grassroots community groups from all five NYC

    boroughs including: • Asian Americans for Equality • Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development • Coalition for the Homeless • Community Voices Heard • Flatbush Tenant Council • FUREE-Families United For Racial and Economic Equality • Goddard Riverside Community Center • Good Old Lower East Side • Habitat for Humanity • Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City • Neighborhood Housing Services of the North Bronx • Neighborhood Housing Services of the South Bronx • New Settlement Apartments-CASA: Community Action for Safe Apartments • Picture the Homeless • Pratt Area Community Council • Southside United HDFC- Los Sures • The Center for NYC Neighborhoods • Make the Road New York Mutual Housing Association of New York
  6. Supporters and Endorsers • Asian Americans for Equality • Association

    for Neighborhood and Housing Development • Brighton Neighborhood Association • The Center for NYC Neighborhoods • CATCH • Care for the Homeless • Centro Hispano Cuzcatlán • Chhaya CDC • Coalition for the Homeless • Community Voices Heard • Cypress Hills LDC • Fifth Avenue Committee • Flatbush Tenant Coalition @ FDC • Families United for Racial and Economic Equality • Goddard Riverside Community Center/SRO Law Project • Good Old Lower East Side • Habitat for Humanity-New York City • Make the Road New York • MFY Legal Services Inc. • Mirabal Sister Cultural and Community Center • Mutual Housing Association of New York • Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City • Neighborhood Housing Services of the North Bronx • Neighborhood Housing Services of the South Bronx • Neighbors Helping Neighbors • Neighbors Together • New Settlement Apartments-CASA: Community Action for Safe Apartments • New York State Senior Action Council-NYC Chapter
  7. Supporters and Endorsers (continued) • Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation •

    Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition • Nos Quedamos • Parodneck Foundation • Pratt Area Community Council • Queens Community House • Southside United HDFC- Los Sures • St. Nicks Alliance • United to End Homelessness • Urban Justice Center • Urban Justice Center – Safety Net Project • UPROSE • Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDCO) • WE ACT for Environmental Justice