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Bringing Stability to Renters in Syracuse: Connecting Residents to Resources

This post is the third in a series of three about the Innovation Team’s housing stability initiatives. To read the first two posts, go here.

A little over a year ago, we asked for your input on what our next priority area should be. After six weeks of public engagement, nearly 900 votes from residents, and input from the Common Council, the Mayor chose Housing Stability as our next challenge to tackle. Last month, the City of Syracuse launched 11 new housing stability initiatives to improve housing and reduce transiency for our residents…

Samantha LinnettJune 20, 2019housing, housing stability, housing policy, civic innovation, civic design, public affairsComment

Bringing Stability to Renters in Syracuse: Reducing Evictions

This post is the second in a series of three about the Innovation Team’s housing stability initiatives. To read the first post, go here.

A little over a year ago, we asked for your input on what our next priority area should be. After six weeks of public engagement, nearly 900 votes from residents, and input from the Common Council, the Mayor chose Housing Stability as our next challenge to tackle. Last month, the City of Syracuse launched 11 new housing stability initiatives to improve housing and reduce transiency for our residents…

Samantha LinnettJune 20, 2019housing, housing stability, evictions, housing policy, civic innovation, civic design, public affairsComment

Bringing Stability To Renters In Syracuse: Improving Housing Quality

This post is the first in a series of three about the Innovation Team’s housing stability initiatives.

A little over a year ago, we asked for your input on what our next priority area should be. After six weeks of public engagement, nearly 900 votes from residents, and input from the Common Council, the Mayor chose Housing Stability as our next challenge to tackle. Last month, the City of Syracuse launched 11 new housing stability initiatives to improve housing and reduce transiency for our residents…

Samantha LinnettJune 20, 2019housing, housing stability, housing policy, civic innovation, civic design, public affairsComment

Housing Stability Ideation

This post was originally published on Innovate Syracuse on August 31, 2018.

[VIDEO] In July, the Innovation Team hosted three community ideation sessions around Housing Stability. During these sessions, the team spoke with residents about their housing stability challenges in Syracuse and what they thought could be done to start to address them…

Samantha LinnettNovember 26, 2018local government, housing, housing stability, public engagement, ideation, civic innovationComment

Healthy Housing 101

This post was originally published on Innovate Syracuse on July 13, 2018.

[VIDEO] On June 15th, the City of Syracuse Division of Code Enforcement hosted Healthy Housing 101, an event held to teach local residents and service providers how to spot code violations in homes. Our code inspectors reviewed what to look for in homes--mold, infestations, unsafe staircases--as well as who citizens can contact when they have an issue getting problems fixed.

Samantha LinnettNovember 26, 2018local government, housing, housing quality, public engagement, code enforcement, civic innovationComment

What is Housing Stability?

This post was originally published on Innovate Syracuse on March 29, 2018.

In the past we’ve written about the impacts of unsafe, unhealthy, and unstable housing. But what do we actually mean when we talk about housing stability? When we say housing instability, we are talking about the high frequency of forced moves that our residents endure...

Samantha LinnettNovember 26, 2018local government, housing, housing stabilityComment

Priority 3: Housing Stability

This post was originally published on Innovate Syracuse on February 28, 2018.

We are excited to announce that the next priority area the i-team will focus on is Housing Stability! After a six week public engagement process and input from our Common Councilors, the Mayor has decided that housing stability is the best challenge for the team to take on…

Samantha LinnettNovember 26, 2018local government, housing, housing stability, civic innovationComment

TOP Pilot Results

This post was originally published on Innovate Syracuse on December 27, 2017.

A month and a half ago, we announced the beginning of our TOP (Tenant-Owner-Proactive) Pilot for Code Enforcement. After its first six weeks, we have some exciting preliminary results to share with you…

Samantha LinnettNovember 26, 2018local government, housing, housing quality, code enforcement, civic innovationComment

A Day in the Life of a Code Inspector

This post was originally published on Innovate Syracuse on September 14, 2017.

“Preparation is key. I can’t stress that enough. Do whatever it is that you need to prepare for your day, whether that’s having a cup of coffee or saying a prayer, and you’ll be able to take on anything…”

Samantha LinnettNovember 26, 2018local government, housing, housing quality, code enforcement, civic innovationComment

Housing and Economic Opportunity

This post was originally published on Innovate Syracuse on June 8, 2017.

Driving through many of Syracuse’s neighborhoods today, one can’t help but notice the boarded up vacant houses, trash-strewn vacant lots, crumbling porches, and chipping paint. One might ask, how did this happen? How did we get here? And, what impact does neighborhood blight have on the city and its residents? What are the consequences to living in unstable and unsafe housing? And how does it affect our residents’ access to opportunity?…

Samantha LinnettNovember 26, 2018local government, housing, economic opportunity, civic innovationComment