NYC agencies required to find more affordable housing under new order
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Mayor Eric Adams is looking to bring more affordable housing to New York City with an executive order that could see new homes rise on city-owned or controlled land.
The directive from Adams is part of his goal of building 500,000 new housing units by 2032. The mayor's executive order 43 launched the City Housing Activation Task Force, which is made up of members from mayor agencies and public entities.
The task force will review land under city ownership and control and identify potential housing development sites, according to Adams.
The Legal Aid Society is calling for an even more robust response, saying in part,
"…The city must also increase rental subsidies for low-income individuals, take action to prevent the rent guidelines board from further increasing rents on tenants in stabilized units, and provide enhanced protections to keep all low-income New Yorkers safely and stably housed."
The Legal Aid Society
The Brooklyn Library opened a first-of-its-kind branch in Sunset Park last November, featuring 49 permanent affordable apartment units above the library.
Adams is pressing for swift action on housing, pointing to the city's 1.4% vacancy rate – what he calls a "generational affordable housing crisis."
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