Not exact matches
As a result, it says ministers failed to make proper allowance in their
housing plans, leading to the
current shortage of
affordable homes in the south of England in particular.
He said the mayor is prepared at any time to sit down and hash out
plans, but for now, the
current pipeline of
affordable housing projects grandfathered into 421a should leave the city in good shape.
In a statement released Tuesday, Stringer claimed that the new
affordable housing units created under the rezoning
plan would in fact be unaffordable for 55 percent of East New York's
current residents, and that the market rate units would be unaffordable for 84 percent.
Twenty percent of the rental units included in the
current design
plan are considered
affordable housing, and a 750 - seat school is slated to be included in the development.
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.
The Mayor's
plan acknowledges that the
current homelessness crisis is a subset of the
affordable housing crisis.
De Blasio acknowledged «no doubt we have an
affordable housing crisis,» but insisted that the city's
current reality would render a Koch-esque
plan unfeasible, and his strategy of forcing private firms to set aside
housing for certain income brackets and providing financing to extend existing
affordable housing was the way to go.