Affordable Housing in NYC for Black Women Is a Crapshoot

Affordable Housing in NYC for Black Women Is a Crapshoot
Single mothers and those who do not make at least 40 times their rent often bounce between several homes with no luck of finding stability
Bianca Clendenin
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9 min read·
Nov 4, 2019
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A neighborhood in New York City. Photo: Juan Jimenez/EyeEm/Getty ImagesThere’s nothing “affordable” about many of the lottery apartment options in New York City. In Harlem, a historically Black neighborhood…
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Written by Bianca Clendenin
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My name is Bianca Clendenin and I’m a Brooklyn based writer originally from the Bronx. For the better half of the last decade, I’ve been a working journalist.
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