Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.The owner of the sprawling Flatbush Gardens apartment complex has filed to evict more than a third of the nearly 2,500 households there since the start of 2022, fueling a rise in removals in the neighborhood that outpaces any other section of Brooklyn.
She has lived in her apartment since 2008 but is facing eviction while dealing with a litany of issues, ranging from a door that won’t lock properly to pests roaming the crowded unit. Roaches scurried across the kitchen during a visit by Gothamist on Monday. Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers face similar circumstances, often facing eviction for unpaid rent dating back to earlier in the pandemic. More than 10,000 families and individualsHave you been evicted? Are you facing eviction? Are people in your building receiving eviction notices? Or are you a property owner who is trying to evict someone?
The state created the fund with money from the federal government to provide billions in direct relief to landlords while sparing many of the financial and social costs associated with evictions and homelessness.