New York

  The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) invites developers to submit proposals to develop up to four clusters of resilient and affordable new construction homeownership projects in Staten Island, Queens, and Brooklyn. Applicants may submit proposals to for up to four clusters included in the RFP: Cluster A. Eleven Sites […]

Save the Date Learn About Upcoming New York State Opportunities in Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Residence Hall Building Development Tuesday, November 27, 2018 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET Webinar (registration details to follow) SUNY, DASNY, and NYSERDA will discuss current collaboration efforts in support of New York State’s energy and carbon emission reduction goals. […]

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) invites interested parties to submit information about shared housing to this Request for Information (RFI) and invites development teams to submit proposals for new housing typologies to this Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI). Proposals should incorporate housing typologies that will help the agency test new ways […]

This week, the New York City Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform will begin holding a series of public hearings on the current property tax system in New York City. Convened by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Speaker Corey Johnson in May, the commission is charged with developing proposals to make the system simpler, clearer, […]

The NYU Furman Center will host a free webinar, on Tuesday September 25th at 12:00 p.m. ET, on the State of New York City’s Subsidized Housing in 2017. The webinar will review major programs used to develop and preserve affordable housing in the city, and provide the number and location of properties benefiting from a subsidy […]

A lawsuit by not for profit fair housing advocacy groups against HUD to reinstate an assessment tool for local governments to measure progress in meeting Fair Housing requirements was dismissed in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia on Friday, August 17, at the request of cabinet department.

Of 2,663 HUD and Mitchell-Lama (a New York state program) subsidized properties in 2017, 11% are eligible to expire out of affordability by 2023. That number jumps to nearly 48% over the next 15 years.

Advocates now turn to the State Senate, whose budget proposal is forthcoming.

The New York Housing Conference has provided the below state impact analysis regarding President Trump’s Budget Request: President Trump’s FY 2019 Budget cuts HUD funding by $8.8 billion or 18.3% compared to enacted FY 2017 funding. This proposal represents a major shift in the federal government’s role in subsidized housing. Public Housing Capital, CDBG and […]

Under RetrofitNY, a $30 million program funded over 10 years and made available through the State’s Clean Energy Fund, the state is working aggressively to bring a substantial portion of New York’s affordable housing units to or near net-zero energy over the next decade. Net-zero energy buildings consume no more energy, on an annual basis, […]

Under RetrofitNY, a $30 million program funded over 10 years and made available through the State’s Clean Energy Fund, the state is working aggressively to bring a substantial portion of New York’s affordable housing units to or near net-zero energy over the next decade. Net-zero energy buildings consume no more energy, on an annual basis, […]

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a major expansion to the City’s affordable housing plan.   The administration is on track to build and protect 200,000 affordable homes by 2022, two years ahead of schedule. With the addition of new tools, programs and funding, the City will ramp up to securing 25,000 affordable […]