{"id":8968,"date":"2022-04-06T08:18:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/affordable-housing-roundtable-in-east-new-york-the-start-of-a-real-discussion-about-solutions-to-the-housing-crisis\/"},"modified":"2022-04-06T08:18:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:18:41","slug":"affordable-housing-roundtable-in-east-new-york-the-start-of-a-real-discussion-about-solutions-to-the-housing-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/affordable-housing-roundtable-in-east-new-york-the-start-of-a-real-discussion-about-solutions-to-the-housing-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable Housing Roundtable in East New York the Start of a Real Discussion About Solutions to the Housing Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real estate professionals, developers, community leaders and elected officials gathered for the <strong>Affordable Housing Roundtable<\/strong>, in East New York last week.\u00a0 The event was held at East New York&#8217;s premiere restaurant, <a href=\"https:\/\/fusioneastny.com\/\"><strong>Fusion East<\/strong><\/a>. The event was powered by <a href=\"https:\/\/equitycoin.org\/\"><strong>EquityCoin<\/strong><\/a>, the first digital token backed by affordable housing. The event was filmed by PBS, and will be aired on their NOVA television series in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>The solution-driven discussion, which will continue over the coming months,\u00a0 brought together thought-leaders from all aspects of the affordable housing pipeline in order to explore holistic solutions to the growing housing crisis. Panelists included <a href=\"https:\/\/nyassembly.gov\/mem\/Nikki-Lucas\/bio\/\"><strong>Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Albert Scott<\/strong> (Chairman at the East New York Homeowners\u2019 Assoc.), <strong>Boris Santos<\/strong> (Treasurer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ENYCLT\/\">ENY Community Land Trust<\/a>), <strong>Vernon J.<\/strong> (Founder &amp; CEO at EquityCoin), <strong>Rita Zimmer<\/strong> (Executive Director at <a href=\"https:\/\/housingplusnyc.org\/\">HousingPlus<\/a>), and <strong>Teghvir Sethi<\/strong> (Principal at Spatial Equity Co.).<\/p>\n<p>On any given night, there are over 2,000 New Yorkers living on the streets, and according to the attendees and panelists, something must be done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some ideas that resonated throughout the event were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increasing access to housing vouchers for families who work<\/li>\n<li>Creating a better balance between public policy and private funding<\/li>\n<li>Advocating for more ethical development tactics that are meant to serve the community instead of take away from it<\/li>\n<li>How to use new tech solutions like Blockchain to create more efficiencies in the affordable housing supply chain<\/li>\n<li>With large developments that are subsidized by the government, there should be some form of community equity ownership within the capital stack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like to take part in an upcoming Roundtable Discussion, be sure to sign up for our <a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/breaking-news\/\"><strong>East New York News newsletter<\/strong><\/a> to receive updates on affordable housing, development, politics, events and other important happenings that impact East New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>===<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real estate professionals, developers, community leaders and elected officials gathered for the Affordable Housing Roundtable, in East New York last week.\u00a0 The event was held at East New York&#8217;s premiere restaurant, Fusion East. 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