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Photo courtesy of alltheparks/Flickr Creative Commons New York City’s Housing Preservation and Development department announced in June that the application process for affordable housing lotteries…
Photo courtesy of cisc1970/Flickr Creative Commons There's an undeniable need for affordable housing across Brooklyn. There are more and more households in search of safe,…
A full house of Brooklyn residents celebrated a pair of inspirational community moms on Saturday, May 19 for their drive to improve their lives and…
Courtesy Neosha Gardner, CreateHER Stock The New York City’s affordable housing lottery can already be intimidating and challenging to do when you have a stable…
Karisma Jay knows the struggles of a small business owner in Brooklyn. Today she stands in her spacious dance studio AbunDance Academy of the Arts…
Housing protest in 1964. Photo courtesty Wikimedia Commons. In the five decades since the United States adopted the Fair Housing Act, the country has made…
Every day, the IMPACCT Brooklyn team works with community members who need help figuring out how to find or stay in safe, affordable housing. Virginia…
President Lyndon Johnson and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1966. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Fifty years ago, the month of April became…
A Q&A with IMPACCT Brooklyn's Economic Development Director Dale Charles Owning a small business in Brooklyn isn't easy for anyone. It can be even tougher…
If you've ever looked at an affordable housing lottery ad, you've seen three letters that go along with every rental price: AMI. While our eyes…
Black homeownership in Brooklyn isn't only important today — it's an essential part of American history. In fact, there's been a tradition of black Americans…
Last fall, IMPACCT Brooklyn put a call out to the Bed Stuy and Clinton Hill community to imagine how a city-owned lot can offer affordable…
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