Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Molly Wasow Park recently celebrated the opening of a new affordable housing development at 4180 Carpenter Avenue in Wakefield, The Bronx. Designed by Marin Architects and developed by RYTY Home Builders, the 64-unit building is the first created through the city’s Affordable Housing Services (AHS) initiative to prioritize women-led households. It supports residents with CityFHEPS vouchers and aims to provide long-term affordable housing for households transitioning out of the shelter system.
4180 Carpenter Avenue marks the fifth AHS site to open since AHS launched in 2024, bringing the total number of units created under the program to approximately 460. An additional 568 units are currently in development. The AHS initiative enables the city to partner with nonprofit organizations to secure building-wide leases or property acquisitions, offering 30-year affordability contracts and tenant protections for voucher holders.
Photograph from opening of 4180 Carpenter Avenue, via nyc.gov
The building will be operated by Community Housing Innovations, one of several nonprofit providers partnering with DSS on the AHS pipeline. Others include Riseboro, The Doe Fund, VIP Community Services, and the Fortune Society.
Transit nearby 4180 Carpenter Avenue includes subway stations served by the 2 and 5 subway lines.
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Why are women getting priority in this building over men? Is it because they can’t afford to pay much rent because they chose to have children out of wedlock? They don’t need any more incentives than what already exists. Women today make as much money as men plus they often receive financial assistance and child support.
Meanwhile when I was unemployed I couldn’t even get food stamps. Men go broke paying child support but there is no assistance available for them. And what about single parent families with just a father? They should be prioritized too.
Very immature! Your remarks about women, yet a woman birth you and gave you life, nurtured you and you speak
like that? I guess something within is your issue!