Sentences with phrase «inclusionary zoning policy»

New York City, which passed a beefed up inclusionary zoning policy in March, might provide a case study on how contentious the policy can be.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, however, was a supporter of the project — seeing it as a test case for his new mandatory inclusionary zoning policy, which requires developers to insert affordable units into new developments as a precondition for construction.

Inclusionary zoning policies that require the creation of affordable housing in higher - income neighborhoods help to create more integrated neighborhoods and, ultimately, schools.

States should also promote inclusionary zoning policies, which provide affordable, subsidized housing units in scattered locations across wealthy neighborhood properties.

Not exact matches

Recent studies on inclusionary zoning found that these policies do help prevent housing prices from surging in gentrifying neighborhoods.

And locally, it wants to strengthen the Erie County Industrial Development Agency's adaptive - reuse policy, while fighting any mandatory inclusionary zoning requirements for development projects in Buffalo.

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.

That spot went instead to Vicki Been, formerly the head of New York University's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy — which has also been somewhat critical of mandatory inclusionary zoning in its studies of programs in the San Francisco, Boston and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas.

The board, which plays an advisory role on land use and community policy issues in the city, unanimously voted against the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposals with the exception of City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's office, which abstained from both votes.

While a lack of cash may constrain what City Hall can achieve, Johnson said that a Mayor de Blasio and the City Council could implement policies, such as mandatory inclusionary zoning, that do not require money, but have been sought by progressives.

Its zoning policy allows the public housing authority to purchase one - third of inclusionary zoning homes within each subdivision to operate as federally subsidized housing.

But now, as developers rush to build new, market - rate apartments in cities big and small, some local officials are considering inclusionary zoning for the first time, while others seek to add teeth to existing programs, said Erika Poethig, director of urban policy initiatives at the Urban Institute.