Poor Conditions Proliferate at Faith Charity’s N.Y. Housing

A nonprofit housing group operated by Harlem churches has racked up violations for substandard conditions in residential buildings it developed with the help of tens of millions of dollars from the New York City, state, and federal governments, according to the New York Post.

Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement says on its Web site that it has leveraged more than $240 million in taxpayer funds over the past 25 years to build and manage low-income housing. City records list hundreds of citations for trash accumulation, inadequate heat, and other problems at 19 buildings owned by the charity or its subsidiaries, and tenants complained to the Post of mold in apartments and sewage in hallways.

Harlem Congregations President Derek Broomes did not respond to calls for comment.