Additional community groups and organizations across NYC that are working together to empower communities and to keep housing fair and affordable are:
The Crown Heights Tenant Union (CHTU) is a union of Tenant Associations, that began meeting in October 2013 in response to rampant gentrification, displacement, and illegal rental overcharges in the neighborhood. There are over 40 buildings in our union that have come together to demand new, stronger protections that guarantee tenants’ rights.
Ridgewood Rising is a network of Ridgewood residents dedicated to preserving the culture, history, and affordability of our neighborhood, while strengthening the relationships between neighbors.
Churches United For Fair Housing, Inc (CUFFH) is a 501(c)(3) not for profit faith based nonpartisan grassroots organization which is successfully working towards creating a sustainable living community responsive to housing, open space, education, health and economic development needs in and near North Brooklyn.
North Brooklyn 311 (NB311) Counseling & Advocacy Program- CAP, is held Thursdays from 4:00pm-7pm at the CUFFH Office located at 66 Whipple Street, Brooklyn (off Broadway). The program service is FREE and for residents who need help with affordable housing applications, interviews & appeals.
The Cooper Square Committee’s mission is to work with area residents to contribute to the preservation and development of affordable, environmentally healthy housing and community/ cultural spaces so that the Cooper Square area remains racially, economically and culturally diverse.
NYC Community Land Initiative is an alliance of social justice and affordable housing organizations and academics committed to winning housing for all New Yorkers. Our alliance—initiated by members of Picture the Homeless—includes grassroots, community- and faith-based, and city-wide organizations, and labor groups who see Community Land Trusts (CLTs) as a promising tool in the fight to address the root causes of homelessness and displacement. They are laying groundwork for CLTs and other non-speculative housing models that promote development of housing and neighborhoods for and with community members not served by the private market.
For 30 years, the Urban Justice Center has served New York City's most vulnerable residents through a combination of direct legal service, systemic advocacy, community education and political organizing. they assist our clients on numerous levels, from one-on-one legal advice in soup kitchens, to helping individuals access housing and government assistance, to filing class action lawsuits to bring about systemic change.
Brooklyn Solidarity Network
The Brooklyn Solidarity Network is an organization designed to build revolutionary solidarity among Brooklyn residents. They exercise solidarity through direct action against the capitalist exploitation of our friends and neighbors. BSolid is an open network with many levels of involvement that anyone can plug into: from participating in pickets, to flyering, to educating.
In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, strangers from across New York City became first responders and colleagues. In this moment of crisis, Occupy Sandy stepped in to help organize the massive recovery effort. Residents and Volunteers worked side by side providing essential supplies, clothing and food in Rockaway’s coldest and darkest hours. This immediate relief work dwindled after the Thanksgiving holiday, as residents began to return to their homes and volunteerism decreased. Upon recognizing this shift, The Wildfire Project, Occupy Sandy and local leaders used this reprieve as an opportunity to reassess the needs of the Rockaway Community post Sandy. Through numerous discussions the needs identified as most pressing to improve in the Rockaways were pre-existing systemic and socio-economic issues that were exacerbated merely exacerbated by Superstorm Sandy. Out of this systemic critique Rockaway Wildfire was born; a space where we could collectively identify issues and educate ourselves on how to effectively respond to them in a way that would unite and empower the Rockaway Community.
RTTC seeks to create regional and national impacts in the fields of housing, human rights, urban land, community development, civic engagement, criminal justice, environmental justice, and more. Right to the City was born out of desire and need by organizers and allies around the country to have a stronger movement for urban justice. But it was also born out of the power of an idea of a new kind of urban politics that asserts that everyone, particularly the disenfranchised, not only has a right to the city, but as inhabitants, have a right to shape it, design it, and operationalize an urban human rights agenda.
ASAP in an activist organization composed of artists, art workers, educators, and other arts professionals devoted to preserving affordable workspace in NYC.
New York City Loft Tenants is a volunteer organization of loft tenants who provide advocacy, education and outreach services regarding the Loft Law for loft tenants throughout NYC.
Picture the Homeless is a grassroots organization, founded and led by homeless people. We are organizing for social justice around issues like housing, police violence, and the shelter-industrial complex. Thier name is about challenging images, stigma, media (mis) representation - as well as putting forward an alternative vision of community.
Make the Road New York (MRNY) builds the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services.
At PACC, the organizing team is dedicated to preventing displacement, organizing for safe housing, and preserving subsidized and stabilized housing. They do this through programs and organizing work with tenants living in rent-stabilized apartments, unregulated housing, and Project Based Section 8 buildings. Community organizing is based upon the belief that those affected by issues must play a leading role in developing solutions and mobilizing for their implementation. At PACC, this is creating relationships between tenants, landlords and small homeowners, identifying common needs and providing training to create local leaders, and running issue-oriented campaigns that use direct action tactics to win progressive change. Their community organizing program affirms that the solutions to the problems that affect our neighborhood and city reside in the people being directly impacted.
PACC HOME SERVICES facilitates homeownership through a wide range of services and products. They strongly encourage Brooklynites and all New Yorkers to visit for:
Workshops which guide attendees step-by-step towards home ownership
Access to lenders offering below-market rate loan products, direct grants and other programs
Mortgage and down-payment grant packaging
Foreclosure prevention counseling
Outreach and education for those targeted by predatory lenders
Financial education workshops
Counseling for debt management and savings plans.
Grupos, comunidades y organizaciones trabajan juntos para fortalecer lazos y mantener las viviendas con precios justos y alcanzables.
La Crown Heights Tenant Union (CHTU) es una unión de asociaciones de inquilinos que comenzó a reunirse en Octubre de 2013 en respuesta a la gentrificación, desalojos y cargos ilegales de rentas en el vecindario. Más de 40 edificios se han unido ya para pedir nuevas y más fuertes protecciones que garanticen sus derechos.
Ridgewood Rising es una red de residentes de Ridgewood dedicados a preservar la cultura, historia y coste de vida en el vecindario. Así fortalecen la union entre vecinos.
Churches United For Fair Housing (CUFFH), es una organización sin fines de lucro basada en la fé que trabaja para crear comunidades sostenibles en temas de educación, espacios abiertos, vivienda y desarrollo económico del North Brooklyn.
El programa de consejo y abogacía de North Brooklyn 311 (NB311) se lleva a cabo los jueves de 4 pm a 7pm en las oficinas de CUFFH localizadas en 66 Whipple Street. Es un programa de apoyo gratuito para residentes que requieren ayuda con sus aplicaciones, entrevistas y apelaciones de vivienda de bajo costo.
El comité de Cooper Square tiene la misión de trabajar con los residentes del área para preservar y desarrollar viviendas y espacios culturales de bajo costo, manteniendo responsabilidad con el ambiente. De esta manera el área de Cooper Sq cual se mantiene racial, económica y culturalmente diversa.
La iniciativa de Tierra Comunitaria de NYC es una alianza de justicia social entre asociaciones de vivienda de bajo costo y académicos comprometidos. Esta alianza incluye organizaciones sociales de todo tipo y grupos laborales que tratan con fideicomisos de tierra comunitaria. tienen herramientas prometedoras para pelear de raíz contra el desplazamiento y vagabundismo. Ayudan a formar plataformas con modelos no especulativos de viviendas para a lidiar contra el mercado abusivo.
Por más de 30 años el Centro de Justicia Urbana ha servido a la ciudad de New York y sus residentes más vulnerables a la obtención de servicio legal directo, abogados desistema, educación comunitaria y organización política.
Otorgan asistencia de diferentes niveles y consejos legales dentro de las cocinas comunitarias para ayudar a los individuos a obtener mejor acceso a vivienda y asistencia de gobierno ayudando a tener acciones de clase que les ayuden a obtener justicia dentro del sistema.
La Red de Solidaridad de Brooklyn es una organización diseñada para construir hermandad revolucionaria entre los residentes de Brooklyn. Hacen acciones directas contra la explotación capitalista.
Es una organización de resistencia en contra de los caseros y patrones que abusan de su posición. La función base es la ayuda de individuos conectando con una red de apoyo. Cuentan con servicios de volanteo contra patrones y caseros problemáticos, una página de internet, Facebook y Twitter. Organizan campañas en conjunto con las personas para obtener justicia.
Derecho a la ciudad busca crear impacto nacional y regional en los ámbitos de vivienda, derechos humanos, tierra urbana, desarrollo de comunidades, compromiso cívico, justicia criminal y ambiental y más. Nació de la necesidad de juntar las organizaciones alrededor del país.
ASAP es una organización de activistas compuesta por artistas, trabajadores de arte, educadores y otros profesionales de las artes comprometidos con mantener lugares de trabajo de bajo costo en Nueva York.
NYC Loft Tenants es una organización de inquilinos de lofts que dan apoyo legal, educación y servicios de alcance a la ley de Lofts para inquilinos de la ciudad de Nueva York.
Picture the homeless es una organización fundada y llevada por gente en calidad de vagabundismo, pelean por justicia social alrededor de temas como vivienda, violencia policial y refugios.
Make the Road New York (MRNY) trabaja con con los Latinos y la clase trabajadora para conseguir dignidad y justicia. Logran esto a traves de organización, inovación en las políticas públicas, educación y servicios de supervivencia.
Inquilinos y comunidad organizada en PACC: Equipo de organización dedicado a prevenir el desplazamiento, organizar viviendas seguras y preservar viviendas estabilizadas y subsidiadas. Crean relaciones entre los caseros, inquilinos y pequeños propietarios, identificando las necesidades en común y entrenando a los líderes de la comunidad. Con estas tácticas obtienen victorias progresivas. Se recomienda visitarlos para:
Talleres para entender lo que es ser dueño de una propiedad.
Acceso a préstamos y educación financiera.
Información de hipotecas y pago inicial de vivienda.
Asesorías para prevenir juicios hipotecarios.
Educación y asesoría para lidiar con prestamistas abusivos.
Asesoría para manejo de deudas.