The DC Department of Human Services is seeking
affordable apartment units for families currently experiencing homelessness.
The mayor touted the number of
affordable apartment units - 20,325 - as a one - year record, and far from anything seen in the city since Mayor Ed Koch's ambitious housing plans of the «80s.
If built, the Family Community Life Center — a mixed - use project that has been in the planning stages for more than 25 years — would include an Olympic - size indoor swimming pool, a 25 - seat theater and media center, 24 - hour day care facilities, an indoor walking track, gymnasium, fitness center, classroom space, and 132
affordable apartment units intended as «workforce housing» for the area.
Not exact matches
Those
affordable units would be identical to the others, and buyers would have to limit resale prices to keep the
apartments affordable in the future, officials said.
Mayor Bill de Blasio promised 200,000
affordable housing
apartments, including 50,000
units for New Yorkers earning less than $ 40,000.
The substantial rehabilitation of the building will result in 52
apartments, including 43
affordable and nine market - rate
units for seniors and physically - handicapped persons.
Since 2011, in The Bronx HCR has financed 13,794
apartments in
affordable multifamily developments — including 790 supportive
units — with more than $ 982 million in HCR resources which have leveraged more than $ 3 billion in other private and public sources.
The report compares several projects by the de Blasio administration to the Aspen, an early Bloomberg - era development and venture between Ms. Glen and L&M that included half market - rate
apartments, and half that were
affordable units at either 50 or 130 percent of the city's so - called area median income (currently about $ 86,000 for a family of three).
Financed with State and New York City resources, developed by HELP USA, SAGE, $ 41.4 Million, 84 -
Apartment Affordable Development Features LGBT Support Services for Tenants; 26
Units Reserved for Homeless Seniors
Last week, the group Sustainable Saratoga introduced a zoning amendment that would require new
apartment developments to dedicate at least 20 percent of housing stock to «
affordable»
units.
Albany, New York, May 24, 2016 — New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) and the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) joined Living Resources, Regan Development, The Community Preservation Corporation, elected officials, and partners to announce the opening of Lion Heart Residences in Cohoes, a new $ 16.4 million 72 -
unit development that offers
affordable homes for working families, as well as
apartments with support services for people with developmental disabilities.
She applauded the mayor's two years of rent freezes for tenants in regulated
apartments and his recent update to his plan to create or preserve 200,000
affordable housing
units by 2024 to cover more low - income individuals, but wants the city to go farther.
New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) joined Wilder Balter Partners, community leaders and residents to mark the dedication of Hemlock Ridge
Apartments, 60 energy - efficient
units of
affordable housing in the Sullivan County hamlet of Livingston Manor.
The state - of - the art modern upgrades and repairs to the100 -
unit Mitchell - Lama development will keep the
apartments affordable for another 40 years.
May 5, 2016 - New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) Commissioner James S. Rubin today announced the start of construction for the Joseph L. Allen
Apartments, a new $ 17.9 million New York State funded 51 -
unit affordable and supportive housing development in Schenectady's Hamilton Hill neighborhood.
Westchester County Board of Legislators Chair Ben Boykin said, «The Vienna Senior
Apartments, and their 40
units of
affordable housing, address a critical need for individuals 62 and older in our communities.
The following month, Phipps Houses, one of the city's premiere
affordable housing developers, withdrew its rezoning application to build a 209 -
unit apartment building in Sunnyside, Queens, retreating after it became clear that local Council member Jimmy Van Bramer could not be convinced to support the project.
The developer also reached a 40 - year agreement with the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development to keep the
units affordable and pledged to upgrade building security, lighting and
apartment interiors.
Under the plan, the city would use public financing to help nonprofits buy roughly a third of the
apartments currently used for the homeless, and then convert the
apartments into
affordable units, helping the mayor fulfill two goals: lowering homelessness and adding to the city's
affordable housing stock.
Although Paul Travis, managing partner at Washington Square Partners, said they were willing to work with HPD and bring the total number of
affordable apartments to 175 — out of the total 335
units — closer to what Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez was pushing to attain.
The number of
apartments allowed to be built on a one - acre property doubled from 6 per acre to 12 per acre — with a 24
unit cap on each development — last year when the Town Board approved Mr. Russell's proposed code change aimed at encouraging
affordable housing.
More about his
affordable housing plan: Mayor Bill de Blasio promised 200,000
affordable housing
apartments, including 50,000
units for New Yorkers earning less than $ 40,000.
The city is accelerating its plan to build or preserve 200,000
units of
affordable housing and boosting the end goal by 100,000
apartments, de Blasio announced.
Once completed, the redevelopment will provide a hotel, approximately 192
units of
affordable and market rate residential rental
apartments and approximately 25,000 square feet of commercial retail space and approximately 25,000 square feet of cultural arts space.
The project would include 2,500
apartments, with 875 set aside for low - to middle - income tenants, though the
affordable units weren't required under the deal reached with the previous administration.
City officials said they chose not to issue the bonds because the revenue from the market - rate
apartments in the project is expected to finance the
affordable housing
units.
He also recommended that the building have more permanent
affordable housing — beyond the 166
units of
affordable apartments included in the current plan — and suggested some
units be set aside for formerly homeless families.
Led by local rep Ydanis Rodriguez, legislators nix half market - rate, half
affordable -
unit apartment complex
The $ 3.338 million allows local development organizations to rehabilitate
units while maintaining low rents for longtime locals — many of whom make between $ 25,000 to $ 45,000 a year, according to Ismene Speliotis, executive director of the Mutual Housing Association of New York, which owns and manages 526
affordable apartment in neighborhoods including Crown Heights, Bushwick, Brownsville and East New York.
In terms of forgiven taxes, the de Blasio administration estimates that its proposal would cut the subsidy per
unit to less than $ 400,000, from nearly $ 600,000, and double the number of
affordable apartments created under the program to 25,000, from 12,400, over the coming decade.
The developers are planning a 23 - story, mixed - use building that will set aside 30 percent of its 355
units as
affordable apartments.
A special legislative committee of the Buffalo Common Council will hold a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on a proposed law requiring that new
apartment developments set aside a certain percentage of their
units as
affordable.
Pass an ordinance prohibiting the reduction of
apartment units in a building and the demolition of
units in a building, or only allow it if the
units are replaced by
affordable apartments that are offered to the displaced tenants.
The developers wanted Silver — who wielded immense power in the lower house of the State Legislature — to extend a law giving tax breaks to developers of
apartment buildings that include
affordable units alongside luxury
units.
Under the new plan, developers would have to set a quarter of the
units aside for
affordable apartments in return for city approval for a rezoning.
All of the
units would be
affordable, ranging from $ 864 for a studio to $ 2,610 for a two - bedroom
apartment, according to documents filed with the City Planning Commission.
The city is accelerating its plan to build or preserve 200,000
units of
affordable housing and boosting the end goal by 100,000
apartments, Mayor de Blasio announced Tuesday.
Representatives for Riverside Developers USA Inc. presented their plan to build 296 rental
apartments, with approximately 90
units slated to be
affordable, to Bedford - Stuyvesant's community board 3 on Dec. 5
The mayor will push for construction of 160,000 new market - rate
apartments in addition to more
affordable units.
Ms. Olatoye's proposed program would use open space at the developments to construct 13,500 below - market - rate
apartments — contributing to the mayor's ambitious
affordable housing agenda — and 3,500
units for more upscale tenants.
«I believe the report must include an
affordable housing component in the policy,» said Poloncarz, who favors a certain percentage of
apartment units being offered at lower rents.
If the 2,250
affordable units are not completed by the deadline, the developers will have to pay a penalty of $ 2,000 per month per
apartment without a temporary or permanent certificate of occupancy, according to the joint venture's agreement with Empire State Development.
Each
unit includes a new full - size washer and dryer, and you can get
affordable two and three bedroom Clemson
apartments that are conducive to both college roommates and professionals who need office space or a den.
NDP: Introduce a green home energy program to help retrofit at least 50,000 homes and
apartment buildings making them more efficient and lowering energy bills; create 365,000
affordable housing
units across Canada; mandate the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to provide grants and loans to construct at least 10,000
affordable and market rental
units, with any revenues to be reinvested back into rental housing supports.
Wyndam Place Senior
Apartments in Norman, Oklahoma provides
affordable housing for seniors age 62 and over with 1 & 2 bedrooms with in
unit laundry.
This
affordable Noosaville accommodation contains a mix of self - contained
apartments with 1, 2, and 3 bedroom configurations in a small complex of 15
units, and the great thing is that there are no roads to cross to get to the water.
LoerieRoep is a new owner - managed facility with
affordable self - catering
apartments /
units, embedded in a big lavish beautiful garden situated in Nelspruit.
Motel Carnarvon offers the choice of
affordable three and a half star motel
units, refurbished in 2003 or luxury four star self contained one and two bedroom
apartments, opened in October 2005.
Delatite Resort offers
affordable, off - mountain accommodation and comprises individually owned
apartments,
units and rooms which are available for
Delatite Resort offers
affordable, off - mountain accommodation and comprises individually owned
apartments,
units and rooms which are available for rental all year round.