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Facelift

NYCHA selects MDG, Essence, and Wavecrest Management to renovate multiple Lower East Side buildings under PACT/RAD

On the Record

PAU, COOKFOX, and ILA are the design team for NYCHA’s Fulton Elliott-Chelsea plan

Put it to a Vote

Chelsea tenant rights coalition calls for public resolution against NYCHA, Related, Essence Section 9 housing demolition plan

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea patroned a playground designed by NBBJ and ESI Design for L.A.’s Nickerson Gardens

Saving Section 9

NYCHA announces plans for “complete rebuilding” of Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses in Manhattan. But at what cost?

A public housing tower with a white stripe, one of many overseen by HUD
Safety Slip-Up?

HUD proposes looser safety requirements in public housing despite tenant concerns

Exterior of the Willert Park Courts public housing complex with blue pergola in front of the entrance
Whose History?

Buffalo says its first National Register–eligible African American housing project can’t be saved. Preservationists beg to differ.

illustration of reimagined public housing complex
Improving “Houses” for the 21st Century

Peterson Rich Office and Regional Plan Association return with design recommendations for improving NYCHA properties

An ontario public housing development in black and white, part of the tower Renewal Partnership
Raising Expectations

The Tower Renewal Partnership retrofits Southern Ontario’s concrete high-rises for a sustainable and affordable future

Rendering of a low-slung white brick building in Mexico, designed by SO - IL
On Mexican SO - IL

SO – IL is building a social housing prototype in the heart of Mexico

Push It

From Vienna comes PUSH—a new housing newsletter

Photo of sign for NYCHA Throggs Neck Houses
No Good Horrible Very Bad Day

NYCHA orgy rounds out disastrous summer for the public housing agency

Sally Ryan's photographs highlight the hardships faced by affected families. (Sally Ryan/Courtesy National Building Museum)
Priced Out

Eviction is the subject of the National Building Museum’s immersive spring show

In Memoriam

Architect Neave Brown, champion of social housing, passes away at 88

SOM-designed library and public housing complex to break ground in Chicago. (Courtesy SOM)
All Booked Up

SOM-designed library and public housing complex to break ground in Chicago

Presidential Profits

Trump to reap millions from Brooklyn public housing development sale

Master Plans

Frank Lloyd Wright and NYC’s first public housing development together in new exhibit

New York Values

NYCHA’s new guidelines for rehabilitation of public housing push for sustainability and preservation

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