senior housing Archives - Pavement Pieces https://pavementpieces.com/tag/senior-housing/ From New York to the Nation Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:41:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Soho -Elizabeth Street Garden https://pavementpieces.com/soho-elizabeth-street-garden/ https://pavementpieces.com/soho-elizabeth-street-garden/#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2020 10:30:32 +0000 https://pavementpieces.com/?p=23809 Episode 2: Treasured green space vs affordable housing for seniors

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In collaboration with NYU’s Furman Center

Our second episode focuses on Haven Green, an affordable housing development for older adults who have experienced homelessness proposed for the current site of the Elizabeth Street Garden. How can communities
balance the need for housing with the need for green space when both are at a premium? How does New York City’s urban land use review processensure, or not, that the city takes many perspectives into account? Do wealthy neighborhoods like Soho have the duty to welcome new development and share their amenities with lower-income households?

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