“New Buildings and New Hope for Residents of Public Housing”

On June 22, the Daily News published a op-ed that praised the plans that residents of Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses and NYCHA developed to completely rebuild their homes. You can read the op-ed here, and an excerpt is below.

“For the 4,000-plus residents of Chelsea-Elliot Houses and Fulton Houses, structures completed in 1947 and 1965 respectively, the future suddenly looks brighter. All the 2,000 or so units will be replaced with new apartments that’ll include dishwashers, washers and dryers and access to outdoor space, all considered unthinkable amenities in NYCHA. And rather than being largely isolated from the city around them, the revitalized public housing will now be knit into a community with thousands of other newly built affordable and market-rate apartments, as well as commercial space.”

Photo caption: Participants of a 2020 resident engagement meeting on the future of their homes.