The ambition for Via Verde was to show that just because a project was built for 100 percent affordability and some of its residents were formerly homeless, it didn’t have to go without visual ...

That concern was echoed by locals walking by Via Verde on a recent afternoon. Brian Allen, 38, an unemployed construction worker, said he’s glad the projects are filling vacant lots and ...

The grass is much greener on the other side of the East River, where the perks of affordable housing in the Bronx will now include an outdoor amphitheater, rooftop gardens, apartments designed for ...

When Via Verde opened in the South Bronx in 2012, the 222-unit affordable housing complex revived hopes that New York City would jump-start housing construction in communities that needed it the most.