Inquiring Photographer – The De Blasio Housing Plan

By DAVID GREENE

This week we asked readers their thoughts on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to create or improve 200,000 low-income housing apartments around the city.

I haven’t really heard about it, but I think it’s a great opportunity for low-income people who can’t afford a high rent.
–Leonardo Melendez

Didn’t they propose this plan once before? It’s so bad now. I’m a retired corrections officer and I’m getting priced out of the city.
–U. Jones

Is this plan for everybody? If so, I think it’s a great idea. Housing in the city has always been a problem and now Section 8 has been shut down with a freeze. But I see it’s also being abused with 13 or 14 people living in a single apartment.–Kurt Santos

I think Mayor De Blasio is doing a wonderful job when it comes to housing. Rents are skyrocketing and no one can afford it, so if it’s coming to help the poor and the middle class, that’s wonderful.–Bads Addasida

It sounds like a wonderful plan and I hope other city officials support it.–Rhadames Rosario

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