News & Events

The first mural at our newest affordable housing project, Twin Parks Terrace, is officially underway!

Artist Misha Tyutyunik @mdot_season a Ukrainian born painter, muralist, street artist and illustrator, is currently working on two murals on the building. A community visioning session for both murals was held with residents at Twin Parks West across the street from the building location.

In partnership with Joy Construction, @nychagram @nychousing, NYC HDC, and others, Twin Parks Terrace, a NextGen NYCHA project, is creating 182 affordable housing units for low- and moderate-income households, and families leaving shelters. ...

This #Earthday, we’re highlighting our commitment to creating quality affordable housing that’s building a more sustainable New York City. Over the past few years, we have taken extensive sustainability measures that exceed environmental standards. We’ve taken action to make our new and existing housing developments more sustainable.

At New Settlement Apartments, the installation of solar panels has reduced energy consumption in 14 buildings.

The rain garden at Two Bridges Tower includes plants and trees that are native to New York that will store rainwater and filter out runoff on the street, better protecting the Two Bridges community from weather events.

At Twin Parks Terrace, garden terraces and solar panels make our newest development in the Bronx more energy efficient.

#communitydevelopment #development #affordablehousing #community #nonprofit ...

Housing Highlight: New Settlement Apartments

New Settlement Apartments, our largest affordable housing development, opened in 1990 following the renovation and acquisition of 14 abandoned buildings from the City of New York. Settlement Housing has continued to develop in the community to create, rehabilitate and operate 1,280 affordable homes in 23 buildings for thousands of New Yorkers, including households with lived experience of homelessness. Our affiliate, @newsettlementny , provides a wide range of on-site education, college access, workforce, wellness, arts, and advocacy programs that support community members in advancing equity, promoting leadership, and creating change.

Since 2018, Settlement Housing Fund has completed a major rehabilitation of the original 14 buildings at New Settlement, opened a new construction project at 1561 Walton Avenue, acquired and is rehabilitating 1415-17 Wythe Place and 1644 Grand Concourse, and will be rehabbing three additional buildings we now manage in the neighborhood, 50% of which provide housing for formerly homeless households. ...

On the 50th Anniversary of the birth of hip-hop, we’re excited to highlight the South Bronx for #blackhistorymonth !

On August 11, 1973, in a recreation room of a residential building in the South Bronx, not far from our New Settlement community, hip-hop was born. DJ Kool Herc, known as the founding father of hip-hop, played at his sister’s back to school party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue.

Born and raised in Jamaica until the age of 10, DJ Kool Herc moved to the Bronx and played parties as a young teenager. Realizing that most people danced to the drum beat of a record, he figured out a way to extend the short drum beat that most excited the crowd, calling his trick “The Merry Go Round,” known today as the break beat. After refining this style for nearly a year, his success at his sister’s party started the grassroots music movement that became hip-hop. ...

For #blackhistorymonth , we celebrate the Harlem Renaissance sculptor who was part of the team that created sculptures for Harlem River Houses in the 1930s. As part of our rehabilitation work at this historic campus, the first federally funded public housing in New York City, we are restoring three of the surviving sculptures: Mother & Child with Dog, Black Laborer, and Two Bear Cubs.

Richmond Barthé was recognized for celebrating the Black form, spirituality, and culture. His, frieze “Green Pastures: The Walls of Jericho” was created for Harlem River Houses, but was eventually installed at Kingsborough Houses in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. ...

Today, we continue celebrating #blackhistorymonth , highlighting contributions of black individuals and their impact in the communities where we work.

Located just around the corner from our next new construction project, Weeksville Place, with the @beechwood.organization and @eskwarchitects , is Weeksville Heritage Center. The @weeksvilleheritagecenter is dedicated to the history of Weeksville, one of the largest free black communities in pre-civil war America, and uses educational, arts, and social justice lens to document, preserve and inspire engagement with Weeksville, and the historic Hunterfly Roadhouses, dating back to the 1860’s.

Weeksville’s history was unearthed during 1968, when destruction threatened the few remaining historic homes. A grassroots preservation project preserved the remaining homes on Hunterfly road. Weeksville, in present-day Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy, was named after James Weeks. Weeks and several other African American investors purchased the land in 1838, from Henry C. Thompson, another free African American. The neighborhood included ministers, teachers, and others. The community developed its churches, a school, an orphanage, a cemetery, and an elderly home. ...

Applications for apartments at Twin Parks Terrace are now open on Housing Connect! Twin Parks Terrace, in the Fordham Heights neighborhood of the Bronx, is our latest new construction with co-developer Joy Construction.

Available apartments range from studios to three-bedroom units. Amenities include a shared laundry room, energy efficient appliances, common area Wi-Fi, high speed internet, bike storage lockers, and common spaces including recreation rooms, a children’s playroom, an outdoor terrace, and a playground.

If your household income is between $22,012 to $132,400, you may be eligible for an apartment.

Click on the link in our bio or below to apply through Housing Connect: https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/details/3427 ...

Renovations are underway at Harlem River Houses and Harlem River II with our co-developer, West Harlem Group Assistance, and our design and construction partners, @cplusga and L&M Builders. Harlem River Preservation is a part of NYCHA’s PACT program, which harnesses public and private funding to bring significant upgrades to buildings and apartments at our city`s public housing developments.

Under PACT, tenants’ rights are protected, and their apartments remain affordable for the long-term. NYCHA continues to own the properties, while Settlement Housing Fund carries out the rehabilitation and is coordinating property management with C&C Apartment Management. Upgrades to 690 apartments, interiors, and exterior renovations and public outdoor spaces are underway for residents, including new kitchens, baths, floors, windows, and landscaping.

Learn more about Harlem River Preservation at the link in our bio!

@nychagram ...