Startups to Address Permit Transparency, Security Deposit Loans, and Trauma Response SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The city of Syracuse announced that the startups Camino, Vite Labs, and Zivics were selected through a competitive process to participate in its 2019 Startup in Residence (STIR) program. The startups selected by the City will address challenges related to permit […]
Housing Stability
Syracuse’s lead-poisoning crisis: For hundreds of poor kids, home is making them sick
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At least 600 Syracuse children were poisoned by lead paint last year – a crisis that shows the difficulty in solving a stubborn and expensive problem among the city’s poorest families. Eleven percent of children tested in Syracuse in 2017 had elevated levels of lead in their blood, according to new data from the Onondaga […]
‘Evicted’ author who lived in slums and wrote about it is coming to Syracuse to talk poverty
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More than 5,000 families in Syracuse are evicted from their homes and apartments every year. That’s an entire small village. And it’s not just a Syracuse problem. It’s a national problem, born of an affordable housing crisis, said Matthew Desmond. Read more on syracuse.com
City of Syracuse Releases South Avenue Economic Development Feasibility Study
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The City of Syracuse has released a seven-month study into the economic viability of the South Avenue Corridor. The study is available online at “South Avenue Corridor Study” link- bit.ly/syrgov162report . The City led a collaborative working group which included the Syracuse Industrial Development Agency (SIDA), Jubilee Homes of Syracuse, Inc., Syracuse Community Connections, Inc., Home HeadQuarters, […]
Syracuse mayor launches citywide book club this week
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Looking for a good summertime read? Syracuse’s mayor has a suggestion. Mayor Ben Walsh has named “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” by Matthew Desmond as the inaugural book for a new citywide book club. Walsh said he hopes the book will spark a community-wide conversation about housing stability. Read more on syracuse.com
Citywide Summer Book Club launches with the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City”
onThe 2018 book club selection supports the Innovation Team’s housing stability initiative SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The City of Syracuse and Legal Services of Central New York (LSCNY) have partnered to coordinate a Citywide Summer Book Club, which will launch on July 10, 2018. The book club will explore “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American […]
Office of Innovation Announces Housing Stability as its Priority Area for 2018
onSYRACUSE, N.Y. – The City of Syracuse’s Office of Innovation, or “i-team,” has announced housing stability as its priority area for 2018. The Mayor chose the priority with input from the Common Council, informed by six weeks of public engagement that uncovered the important issues according to residents. Housing stability is a major challenge for […]