The New York Housing Conference and the Rising Leaders Network recently hosted a discussion on Understanding the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) reform. We were delighted to have a double feature with Thought Leaders Mark Willis, Senior Policy Fellow at the NYU Furman, and Jaime Weisberg, Senior Campaign Analyst at ANHD, and moderated by Matthew Singh, […]
Several members of the New York delegation are assigned to important committees for affordable housing policy, tax and appropriations. Notable new assignments include Rep. Adriano Espaillat, assigned to Appropriations and the Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD). We are thrilled to have a NY member on this important subcommittee. Rep. Ritchie Torres, […]
President Biden’s administration is taking shape, including filling out the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Rep. Marcia Fudge had a nomination hearing for HUD Secretary and they announced other leadership at HUD. Representative Marcia Fudge Nominated for HUD Secretary: At her nomination hearing, Rep. Fudge laid out her housing priorities such as addressing the […]
Rachel Fee, executive director of the New York Housing Conference, will testify to the Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the FY2022 Executive Budget Proposal for Housing. In the testimony, she supports Gov. Cuomo’s commitment of $250 million for another year of supportive housing production, extension of low-income housing credits for five years, codifying the sales […]
President-elect Biden recently announced a $1.9 trillion package to get our nation out of the COVID crisis. In addition to a vaccine roll out plan, he proposes to provide direct payments to Americans and bolster state and local government. This is expected to be the first of two legislative initiatives the incoming administration wants Congress […]
New York State’s existing five-year housing plan ends March 31, 2021. Given the importance of housing, the low costs of borrowing, and the need for consistent and predictable funding, the state should renew the commitment to affordable housing and create a new five-year housing plan starting in state fiscal year 2021-2022. In a new policy […]
Last week Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled the preliminary version of his final budget. The $92.3 billion budget is almost $3 billion less than the current year’s budget and had to close a $5.25 billion gap, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the related recession. However, there is good news for housing production in […]
Thank you to our 2020 Annual Awards Program event sponsors, symposium moderators, speakers, and Program/Community Impact Committee Members! Also very a special thank you to Senator Chuck Schumer, our keynote speaker, and Alice Elliott, for allowing us to screen “Miracle on 42nd Street’ during our movie night segment. We cannot thank you enough for attending Housing: Critical […]
United for Housing, a coalition of more than 80 organizations convened by NYHC to develop housing recommendations for the next mayor, released our report and the report was covered in the New York Times and Politico New York [$]. The report includes a call for all mayoral candidates to support $4 billion in capital investment per year – including $1.5 […]
Rachel Fee testified to the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Housing on NYCHA’s Blueprint for Change. She said this is the first feasible plan to bring needed capital repairs to all NYCHA units, and while there are still many important aspects to work out in terms of federal appropriations and HUD rules, she […]