Since 1991, CATCH has turned around some of the most troubled buildings in the city, including a property featured in the New York Times as one of "the worst in the city." This city wide mutual housing program targets distressed private and public sector housing for acquisition, rehab and final disposition to a new or existing active, resident-driven affiliated mutual housing association (i.e. the Central Harlem MHA is a local, resident controlled, affiliate to CATCH, with a majority of residents on the local board, a minority appointed by CATCH, and with staffing, construction, property management and fiscal oversight provided by CATCH). The residents in these buildings are both rent stabilized residents and members, with all of the rights of ownership except the right to buy and sell the individual apartments.
Nearly 800 units of housing in over 50 buildings have been created and preserved through this program operating in the Washington Heights, Central Harlem, Morrisania, Highbridge, and Crown Heights neighborhoods of New York City, representing over $77 million dollars in private and public investment.
