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HPD's Green Owners' Forum in Cypress Hills

Event on April 29, 2010

 
The City of New York Department of Housing Preservation & Development, in partnership with Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation, cordially invite you to a  
 
Green Owners’ Forum  
 
An opportunity for property owners to get information on issues such as green financing opportunities, property tax exemptions, water & energy conservation, recycling, weatherization, utility incentives, and much more.
 

Event Details

April 29, 2010 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Intermediate School 302

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Energy-Efficient Neighborhoods

Project last updated June 3, 2009

Greening the Places Where New Yorkers Live, Work, Play, Learn and Worship

The Pratt Center for Community Development works with block and civic associations, community boards, religious associations and community-based organizations to make neighborhoods more energy efficient and environmentally friendly.  

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East Brooklyn Housing

Page last updated April 6, 2009

East Brooklyn's neighborhoods now face both a serious need for affordable housing, and a significant number of foreclosures. Like the rest of the New York City, East Brooklyn experienced a dramatic increase in housing prices from 2000 to 2007 -- both rental and sales -- while incomes steadily declined. In the neighborhoods of Ocean Hill, Brownsville, Broadway Junction, Cypress Hills, City Line, East New York, New Lots, Spring Creek and Starrett City, almost half the population pays more than 30% of its income on housing, and around one third of residents live in poverty.

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Cypress Hills: New Housing for a Rooted Community

Project last updated April 27, 2008

In northeast Brooklyn, Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC) has built or rehabilitated nearly 100 homes and apartments in the last five years alone. Now CHLDC is a victim of its own success: it is running out of development sites. Teaming up with Pratt Institute's graduate programs in planning and preservation, the Pratt Center is helping Cypress Hills LDC find ways to build a significant amount of new housing while preserving the area's affordability and established communities. Board, staff and constituents of CHLDC recognize that the neighborhood's blocks of historic rowhouses have architectural and aesthetic value, but they also see the increasingly urgent need to house recent immigrants and low-income families who are quickly being priced out of the neighborhood.

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