FOLLOW US
AAFE urges New York State to legalize accessory dwelling units
We wholeheartedly support the current efforts to advance Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) legalization in the State, and was hearten to hear this issue included in Governor Hochul’s State of the State address.
Fact Sheet: Transitional housing for families with children in Flushing
A summary of the vision and programming at Magnolia Gardens, a 90-unit transitional housing facility in Flushing that will support our most vulnerable children and their families.
Why build transitional housing for families with children in Flushing? There is a critical need
Every day at AAFE we are contacted by our neighbors in Flushing who are in desperate need of help. They are mothers and fathers and children at risk of eviction, unable to afford food and medical care and often ineligible for government aid. They are frequently just a paycheck away from losing their home.
Affordable housing lottery is now open for AAFE's East Village Homes
A housing lottery kicked off this week (10/18/21) for East Village Homes, a 100% affordable project at 302 East 2nd St. in Manhattan, providing essential new rental housing in the heart of New York City.
FDNY and AAFE team up for fire training exercices in the East Village
The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) was on the scene on two consecutive days this past summer at a tenement building located at 406 East 10th St. in Manhattan's East Village. But firefighters were not responding to an emergency. This was a training exercise at a vacant building AAFE is working to modernize and preserve as a permanent source of affordable housing.
AAFE begins to transform 3 East Village buildings into affordable cooperatives
AAFE, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), project partners, elected officials and local residents celebrated the start of construction today for a three-building rehabilitation project that will create affordable homeownership opportunities for 44 families in Manhattan’s East Village.