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.
Not exact matches
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.
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).
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.
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.
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 $ 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.
The mayor will push for construction
of 160,000 new market - rate
apartments in addition to more
affordable units.
«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.
The DC Department
of Human Services is seeking
affordable apartment units for families currently experiencing homelessness.
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.
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.
Ward is just one
of 20 artists who will show their work, which addresses social and political issues germane to Sugar Hill, in empty
apartment units that will soon be the neighborhood's newest
affordable housing.
A team
of volunteers from the Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation are due to assist Habitat for Humanity install the insulation into a five storey South Bronx
apartment (
of eight
affordable residential
units) in New York City.
a full time property management position with a reputable and established company where I can apply my 30 + years
of hands - on experience to the direct oversight
of managing conventional or
affordable multi-family residential
apartment units.
Foxwood
Apartments is a 100 -
unit affordable multifamily housing property that benefits from a long - term Section 8 HAP contract covering 100 percent
of the
units.
Construction
of Penelope 60
Apartments, a three - story, 50 -
unit affordable apartment building for low - income seniors is under way in Mishawaka, Ind..
(Bloomberg)-- The Hidden Villa
Apartments, a 61 -
unit complex in Beaverton, Ore., is the kind
of property investors love and
affordable - housing activists ignore...
Inc. will soon complete construction
of Thomas Place Gurnee, a $ 25.4 million, 100 -
unit affordable senior
apartment community in Gurnee, Ill..
In February, a nonprofit called Mercy Housing Lakefront opened 181
units of affordable rental
apartments in a building that once housed Sears's catalog printing plant.
Under that increase, badly needed
apartment buildings with
units affordable to moderate - income households could, for the first time in years, be built in high - cost areas such as Boston and parts
of the San Francisco Bay area.
Located at 257 Quincy St. in Brooklyn, the 21 -
unit apartment building was acquired as part
of a three - building
affordable multifamily portfolio.
The three
apartment buildings feature a mix
of rent - stabilized and market - rate
units, a structure which, according to Rosan, presents a strong opportunity to preserve
affordable housing options in buildings with market - rate appeal and amenities.
One way to help reduce the shortage
of designated
affordable housing is to include a certain amount
of income - restricted
units in otherwise market - rate
apartment developments.
Built between 1975 and 1989, renovations
of the
affordable apartments will average $ 30,000 per
unit and will include both interior and exterior improvements.
Instead
of paying the city directly, it funded 15 below - market - rate
units in the
apartment complex, guaranteeing the construction
of affordable housing.
«The steady increase in inventory over the last few quarters, especially among the city's most
affordable units, has continued through the start
of 2018 and should leave renters more confident in their ability to find an
affordable apartment,» said Joshua Clark, economist at HotPads.
The 136 -
unit Pinewood Pointe
Apartments has recently been refinanced by a $ 6.75 million Fannie Mae fixed - rate,
affordable loan provided by Centerline Capital Group — a subsidiary
of Centerline Holding Company.
Own a piece
of a 143
unit «Naturally Occurring
Affordable Housing» rental
apartment community just outside D.C.