Most NYCHA Developments Have Greater Repair Needs Than Partially-Collapsed Mitchel Houses, Inspections Show
Last month, a building at NYCHA's Mitchel Houses partially collapsed. Officials said the disaster, which fortunately resulted in no injuries, was "an isolated incident."
But tenants say it shook them, and was a grim reminder of the precarious state of the city’s public housing stock, which has a deep backlog of repairs, and forces NYCHA’s nearly 400,000 residents to live in sometimes unsafe conditions.
City Limits found that many other NYCHA campuses have similar levels of wear as the Mitchel Houses did before the collapse—or worse. Of NYCHA's other 264 developments, 204 have more significant repair needs per unit than those at Mitchel, our analysis found.
What's ahead this week in housing: On Thursday, the NYC Council’s Committee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing on the city’s Right to Counsel program, which provides free legal help to tenants facing eviction in housing court.
