In another incident, a resident complained about how lights in the stairway had not been functioning for at least three years, contributing to one of the many factors that has encouraged violent crime, weapons, and drugs in the Pink Houses. Even though the boilers were fully functioning, the people in charge of running the building did not want to turn the boiler on and many residents had to use multiple blankets to keep warm during the freezing temperatures which impacts their social determinants of health. In one case, residents of the complex were not able to get heating during the winter. As a result of disinvestment, many of the residents have faced issues with living safely and comfortably in the Pink Houses. In 2000, the government decided to disinvest in NYCHA and took billions of dollars away from the agency. NYCHA properties, including the Pink Houses, used to be a reliable option for its residents and people in need and used to combat the slums in the city. In 2015, Pink Houses Resident Green Committee and East New York Farms partnered to create the Pink Houses Community Farm.
Each cluster of buildings contains its own playground maintained by the Parks Department. The site is cut through by two streets, which form four superblocks with buildings on only 14% of the site.
The first eight families moving in March of that year. It was named after a former member of NYCHA, Louis Heaton Pink who was a pioneer of low and middle-income housing. The development was completed on September 30, 1959. Construction of the Pink Houses began in the summer of 1957 and was designed by architects Aldoph Goldberg and Herbert Epstein.
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