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Housing experts discuss Mayor Mamdani's housing plan aimed at creating and preserving affordable housing.

Housing experts Annemarie Gray and Alex Armlovich joined the show to discuss Mayor Zohran Mamdani's new "Block by Block" housing plan to create and preserve 400,000 units of affordable housing over the next decade, while addressing broader development, tenant protection, homelessness, NYCHA public housing, and more. Gray is executive director of Open New York, a former city government housing and planning official, and was a key figure on Mamdani's transition committee. Armlovich is a Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center and Housing Program Officer for the Abundance and Growth Fund at Coefficient Giving. He's also a former member of the city's Rent Guidelines Board. (Ep 588)

People in this episode

Guests: Annemarie Gray, Alex Armlovich

Topics covered

• affordable housing
• urban development
• tenant protection
• homelessness
• public housing

Keywords

• housing plan
• affordable housing
• tenant protection
• homelessness
• NYCHA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Open New York, Niskanen Center, Coefficient Giving, Rent Guidelines Board

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