NYC Housing Projects?

Question

I was on the New York City Housing Authority list for low- income housing for 12 years. Finally, after renting a furnished room in a Brooklyn ghetto area, I got my NYCHA letter of acceptance into the Far Rockaway (Queens) projects.

I was overjoyed for finally getting a chance to rent my very own apartment with view of the beach. However, little did I know what awaited me in the projects:

1-loud noise all hours of the day
2-gang activities on the outer perimeter of the building
3-prostitution inside and outside the building
4-drugs lords everywhere from the A train to the beach to the projects
5-urine and poop in the elevators
To make a long story short, I decided, after 3 months without solid rest and sleep time, to give up my apartment. My rent was $387, which nonexistent in NYC.
What do you say about my sad story?
Have any of you ever experienced disappointment to such a degree that it leaves you feeling without hope?
How many of you ever lived in the projects?

Answer 1

You write well. Very well. Anyway, try the federal housing program Section 8 and try to get into Starritt City in Carnasie, Brooklyn. Far Rockaway, even though you had a bad experience, is changing like Coney Island is changing. Waterfront apartments are now seen as highly desirable.

Answer 2

Well have ever been to a project before? Have you not heard stories of living conditions within those 12 years of being on a waiting list? Listen I grew up in the PJ's while my building wasn't the worst of the lot, I have seen it go from decent to unbearable within 5-10 years until I finally left. Don't get me wrong there are some well run NYCHA buildings throughout the city that have long waiting lists, but what did you expect that because the building was in Queens and by the beach that it would be different than any other NYCHA building in Brooklyn or anywhere else in the city? With that said, you could just stick it out for another 3 months and put in for a transfer for another development, that was better managed. How do you find a good project? The same way you find any other apt in NYC by going to the actual places your interested in to see how it is maintained and asking the residents how it is to live there, trust me they'll tell you the truth.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

those are not housing initiatives. Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant city are midsection earnings housing that basically take place to look like initiatives. i'm hoping this suggestion replaced into very effectual.