We’re looking at what happened after subsidized affordable housing programs expired in the 2000s on New York’s Roosevelt Island. Some residents managed to buy in, build equity and stability. Others experienced precarious tenancy or displacement while an ongoing influx of wealthier residents is changing the face of the island. We ask the question, can Roosevelt Island’s past guide state and federal investments in multi-racial, multi-income neighborhoods for the future?

Future Memory

[email protected] (Dorothy Davis, Marion Ntiru, Marie Orraca, Eneaqua Lewis, Morgan Ellinson, Ludi Nsimba, Ted Liebman FAIA, Kim Phillips-Fein PhD, Rita Ombele, Judith Berdy, Nikki Leopold, Sasha Ross, Lionel Fundira, Jameela Hammond, Barbara Spiegel, Rosemary Ndubuizu PhD, Melissa Fundira, Yonah Freemark PhD, Courtney Francis)

Plot of Land - Ep. 7: The Sad Part Is That It Was Successful

APR 20, 202381 MIN
Future Memory

Plot of Land - Ep. 7: The Sad Part Is That It Was Successful

APR 20, 202381 MIN

Description

We’re looking at what happened after subsidized affordable housing programs expired in the 2000s on New York’s Roosevelt Island. Some residents managed to buy in, build equity and stability. Others experienced precarious tenancy or displacement while an ongoing influx of wealthier residents is changing the face of the island. We ask the question, can Roosevelt Island’s past guide state and federal investments in multi-racial, multi-income neighborhoods for the future? Reporters: Jameela Hammond @JameelaHammond, Melissa Fundira @MFundiraInterviewees:Ted Liebman FAIA ; Twitter: @liebman_tYonah Freemark, Ph.D.; Twitter: @yfreemarkRosemary Ndubuizu, Ph.D.Kim Phillips-Fein, Ph.D., kimphillipsfein.comDorothy Davis @diasporantouchMarion Ntiru @marionntiruResidents past and presentSasha Ross *Note: residentLionel Fundira *Note: residentCourtney Francis *Note: previous residentBarbara Spiegel *Note: residentRita Ombele *Note:previous residentNikki Leopold *Note: residentEneaqua Lewis *Note: residentLudi Nsimba *Note: residentMorgan Elinson *Note: former residentJudith Berdy *Note: residentMarie Orraca *Note: resident