
Council Member Rivera (photo: John McCarten/City Council)
Manhattan City Council Member Carlina Rivera is part of a growing coalition of Council members pushing for city government's first major commitment to a seldom-utilized affordable housing model. In the face of rapid gentrification, they say, the city should invest $850,000 in Community Land Trusts, or CLTs, in the city budget currently being negotiated.
Doing so could help advocates and nonprofits acquire land to operate deeply affordable housing and
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