Neighborhood Responses to Abandonment & Gentrification : A
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This thesis studies how the various neighborhood organizations and the residents of a community in the City of New York, the Lower East Side, have been addressing the pressures of Abandonment in the 1970s and Gentrification in the 1980s. Case studies of neighborhood organized programs to mitigate the impact of abandonment and gentrification are studied to analyze the dynamics of the community. The HOMESTEAD PROGRAM and the CROSS SUBSIDY PLAN, solutions to abandonment and gentrification, respectively, show the commitment of the community in trying to preserve the neighborhood for the low and moderate income households. The Cross Subsidy plan, developed by the Joint Planning Council, positively uses the strength of the real estate market to propose housing for the low and moderate income people. It has three parts: rehabilitate abandoned city-owned properties for the low and moderate income households, establish an enforcement unit to check tenant harassment, etc. and special zoning to promote future lowincome housing in the neighborhood. The Council has been negotiating with the New York City housing department, Housing Preservation and Development. However, the organization's commitment towards housing and its efforts to be selfsufficient have partly delayed the plan from being implemented. The Cross Subsidy Plan can benefit the Lower East Side community if the Council chooses to differentiate between the immediate housing need and the future housing need for the low and moderate income people. The plan can be better executed if the council implements the rehabilitation of the low and moderate income units now to fulfill the immediate housing need and the enforcement unit and special zoning afterwards for the future. Thesis Supervisor: Langley C. Keyes Title: Professor of City and Regional Planning
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