East Flatbush Community Fights to Keep Homes Affordable
In a letter addressed to brokers and prospective home buyers, East Flatbush Rov Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Holtzman begs everyone to help keep the price of homes affordable for young families looking to purchase in their community.
B’chasdei Hashem, the neighborhood of East Flatbush is gradually witnessing the Rebbe’s vision come to fruition, it is once again becoming a stronghold of Jewish life, driven by the continuous arrival of anash families. It’s no secret that East Flatbush has become a sought-after place for chassidim seeking a community that lives in brotherhood and sincere achdus.
Therefore, I turn to real estate brokers and investors with this heartfelt plea:
Support us in further growing and strengthening our community, and prevent the conditions that cause skyrocketing housing costs, like those in Crown Heights, from coming here. Work with us to ensure that young families can continue to afford housing and, b’ezras Hashem, purchase their own homes.
Let’s work together to ensure that our brethren seeking home ownership aren’t taken advantage of but instead find homes at fair and affordable prices.
Boruch Hashem, East Flatbush stands as a united, cohesive community guided by Torah and ahavas Yisroel. With Hashem’s help, we will continue on this path, and continue to bring abundant nachas to our Rebbe.
To prospective home buyers:
Please be very cautious with your money and resist being swayed by manipulative sales tactics. Work only with real estate professionals who prioritize your interests and the community’s welfare, who will help you in finding a home without bringing harm to the neighborhood for their own profit.
I conclude with heartfelt prayers to Hashem—please show Mercy to Your people Israel. Deliver us quickly from this dark galus, and may we soon witness the ultimate redemption through the immediate coming of Moshiach.
Yosef Yitzchok Holzman – Mara D’Asra – East Flatbush
Yechiel Baumstein
Any investors who purchase a home should be told that their tenants will not be allowed in the east Flatbush shuls if they rent from an investor.
Shmuel
Good thinking. But this specific threat will cause them to rent to the types of people that don’t go to shul ever. Veda”l.
Chana Pesha Jacobson
Creative idea.
Chaya Moussia
East Flatbush has already become unaffordable.
Homes are being sold for high prices by investors/flippers and realtors.
A 3 bedroom apartment in a 2 family house is $3500/month rent.
Yosef
This is a socialist move. Ppl should charge what the market will pay. Are we not capitalists?
Your response is Anti what the Rebbe wanted
Do you even care anymore about what the Rebbe said?!?
Oh, yeah. Sorry.
I didn’t realize you follow the holy dollar.
AH
We are? I thought we were Torahists.
Anonymous
Don’t blame the realtors and buyers. It’s the city’s fault for the shortage of housing, therefore creating a high demand. High demand, high price. Basic economics.
Talk to the city counsel
Yosef
There is an overpopulation problem, not a shortage of housing. No neighborhood can have enough houses for families that have on average 7-8 kids. It’s just not sustainable/possible. There are limits to housing.
94th and Clarkson
My father, his parents, and dozens of relatives grew up and lived in East Flatbush through the late 60’s. Moved to Florida as the neighborhood was rough and many Shuls were sold to churches. I am happy that the neighborhood is getting more Jewish. BTW, where in Brooklyn can they build more housing?
Too late
That please should have been 10 years ago. Nobody listened to the Rebbe 40 50 years ago when he said how it should be affordable. The then Vaad Reshimas Habatim was proven corrupt. Investors made a killing then and they do it now we are stuck in the middle.
Shtetl Mentality
If East Flatbush is too expensive, then those prices out can start another Jewish neighborhood.
James
It sounds like a govt issue. The fed can create new rules to level the playing field!
Curlene
I think it should be affordable for everyone including black and brown people. East Flatbush is definitely more expensive to buy a home and certain groups that have the money out bid.