Progressive City Council members have renewed their push for legislation aimed at reducing housing speculation by giving nonprofits and community land trusts priority on purchasing housing that come up for sale.
The group of lawmakers, including Council Housing Chair Pierina Sanchez, Comptroller Brad Lander, and City Council Members Lincoln Restler and Gale Brewer, rallied on the steps of City Hall Thursday with New York City Community Land Initiative and other housing groups.
The legislative slate includes seven bills and resolutions — two of which would create opportunities for nonprofits and land trusts first dibs on land that landlords decide to sell. The Public Disposition bill, sponsored by Brooklyn Council Member Restler, would require that the sale of all public land prioritize non-profit developers and CLTs. During the rally, Restler said that under the de Blasio administration, when land was redeveloped, for-profit entities won a vast majority of bids for affordable housing on city land.That means that we don’t get the deeply affordable housing that we need.
“We’re not taking this anymore. We expect the bill to pass and we want it to pass this year,” said Dorca Reynoso, an advocate with Housing Justice For All.
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