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Seema Agnani’s work with South Asian immigrants on housing needs charts a course for legalizing basement apartments to create affordable housing. Read more…


Photo: 144th Street in Briarwood / Jamaica. Briarwood is a mostly residential, multi-ethnic community of one and two-family homes, many of which have basements, backyards and garages. Out of 305 homes surveyed in this area, 52 properties had received some form of complaint related to an illegal conversion. Photo by Flickr user Peter Manzari.