Quantcast
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 3944

A new Bronx apartment building was meant to provide housing. Instead it’s a shelter.

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
The eight-story building at 739 East Gun Hill Road  was supposed to add 134 units of much-needed housing to the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx, but before tenants moved in, the owner turned more than 90 apartments into temporary shelter units for homeless families.

The eight-story building at 739 East Gun Hill Road was supposed to add 134 units of much-needed housing to the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx, but before tenants moved in, the owner turned more than 90 apartments into temporary shelter units for homeless families.

A developer with a hefty tax break from the city opted to turn about three-quarters of the apartments at a new Bronx building into temporary shelter space. [ more › ]


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 3944

Trending Articles