Affordable for You<\/a>, a citywide campaign dedicated to fighting the housing crisis and gentrification, advocated for affordable housing that meets the income levels of the neighborhood it’s in.<\/p>\n“We want 70% of all units that are built in these affordable housing complexes to be affordable to people who are making within 30% of the AMI,” said Yasmine Tiana, housing chair for the campaign.<\/p>\n
Tiana said developers are using the median incomes of people who live in New York state, rather than the city, to determine rent costs for affordable housing units.<\/p>\n
“People who have grown up here cannot afford to live in their own communities,” Tiana said.<\/p>\n
Tiana said the campaign is calling on the mayor and other locally elected officials to keep their promises about affordable housing.<\/p>\n
“You could be the change that you want to be in your community, but you need that voice and you need to have that leadership,” said Troy Kingston Jr., a content creator who creates videos about deed theft and displacement in New York City.<\/p>\n
Another rally will be organized for the Bronx, because Affordable for You said the borough has been drastically redeveloped in the last few years.<\/p>\n