Community-based organizations are planning to discuss tenants rights and local affordable housing at the Prospect Heights Community Housing Forum. Please read more about it, here:
(Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, NY): Amid the new construction and rapidly changing neighborhood landscape in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, the Public School 9 Parent Teacher Organization (PS 9 PTO) and the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (PHNDC) will host a Community Housing Forum to confront the crisis in affordable housing facing the community.
When: Saturday, February 6, 2016 from 1pm to 4pm
Where: Public School 9 Auditorium, 80 Underhill Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Who: Co-Hosts: PS 9 PTO, PHNDC, and the Office of State Senator Jesse Hamilton
Sponsors: Velmanette Montgomery, State Senator; Jesse Hamilton, State Senator; Walter T. Mosley, Assemblyman; Jo Anne Simon, Assembly Member; Laurie Cumbo, City Council
Speakers: Fifth Avenue Committee, IMPACCT Brooklyn, Mutual Housing Association of New York
Why: Amid rising rents, and a rapidly changing neighborhood, tenants need to know what they can do when harassed by landlords and how interested parties can prepare for lotteries through which affordable apartments leased. Speakers will pay specific attention to affordable housing available in the Prospect Heights area and discuss how affordable housing works to meet the needs of households of diverse economic means. Following the panel, there will be a Q&A with speakers.
Parents of PS 9 families are confronting the reality of higher rent and real estate prices and have shared these concerns with the PS 9 PTO. For this reason, the PS 9 PTO has partnered with the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council, and the office of State Senator Jesse Hamilton to organize a Community Housing Forum for PS 9 families and members of the community dealing with housing related issues.
Further, The PS 9 PTO is committed to diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to race, culture, socio-economic level, and family diversity. One way to preserve the cultural and economic diversity of PS 9 is by preserving the diversity of Prospect Heights (and surrounding neighborhoods), and maintaining this diversity depends on access to affordable housing.
Contacts:
Jesse Hendrich
PS 9 PTO Co-President, Community Building
PHONE: 718-344-5398
EMAIL: jhendrich.msw@gmail.com
Gib Veconi
Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council
PHONE: 917-881-0401
EMAIL: gib@veconi.com