In a letter to union leaders,
affordable housing developers proposed opening discussions on a plan that would see some organized construction workers accept lower wages for work on below - market rate housing.
Not exact matches
The project was the first
proposed by a private
developer under mandatory inclusionary
housing, a de Blasio administration policy that forces
developers to include
affordable housing in any project that needs zoning approval.
But the biggest change to the project was a requirement that the
developer shift 30 percent of its
proposed $ 17 million donation to the High Line Improvement Fund — roughly $ 5.1 million — to
affordable housing projects in the neighborhood.
Proposed changes to a property - tax break called 421 - a — most notably a requirement that all
developers include
affordable housing in new projects receiving the benefit — would not stifle construction activity in New York City, according to a study released today.
He reintroduced an idea that he
proposed in February of this year — to use some of the land on the more than 1,100 vacant lots the city already owns to build
affordable housing, creating a land bank and land trust that would partner with nonprofit
affordable housing developers to build what Stringer has estimated could amount to 57,000 units of
affordable housing citywide.
In response to de Blasio's plan, Brewer called for an inclusion of even more
affordable housing, a reduction of luxury
housing included in deals with
developers, increased vigilance by HPD to make sure existing
affordable housing units are not lost, that there are tenant education clinics (with no income restrictions) in areas where upzoning is
proposed.
New York City office managing partner and
affordable housing partner Joe Lynch is quoted in this article about how the Trump administration's
proposed corporate tax cuts are already affecting
affordable housing developers in New York City who use tax credits to finance their projects.
New York City
affordable housing partner Erica Buckley is quoted in this article about a new rule change proposed by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development that will limit how air rights are distributed to deve
housing partner Erica Buckley is quoted in this article about a new rule change
proposed by the Department of
Housing Preservation and Development that will limit how air rights are distributed to deve
Housing Preservation and Development that will limit how air rights are distributed to
developers.
The budget also contains Bush's
proposed tax credit for
developers who build
affordable single - family
housing.