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Bianca Clendenin
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·Nov 4, 2019

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 — There’s nothing “affordable” about many of the lottery apartment options in New York City. In Harlem, a historically Black neighborhood, renters would need to earn around $73,000 to qualify for a one-bedroom (on average $2,149 a month) in one of six new buildings; two bedrooms can go for $2,799 per…

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Affordable Housing in NYC for Black Women Is a Crapshoot
Affordable Housing in NYC for Black Women Is a Crapshoot
Housing

9 min read

Bianca Clendenin

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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