Yes to Housing

We are a pro-housing coalition with more than 140 members in support of a thoughtful and comprehensive reform agenda to help address New York City’s housing crisis.

New York Can’t Wait – Our Housing Crisis
Needs Immediate Action

For years, New York City has been experiencing a severe and growing affordability crisis. New Yorkers can’t afford to keep waiting for unrealistic or incomplete solutions. New York must build exponentially more housing if we want a fairer, inclusive city for people of all backgrounds.

Our coalition is committed to working with our partners in government and throughout our communities to advocate for the nearly 600,000 severely rent-burdened New York households to make it easier to build new homes in every neighborhood. 

It begins with the City of Yes. As pro-housing organizations, including affordable housing advocates and providers, we enthusiastically support the provisions in the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, which will allow for housing growth across the city and encourage all neighborhoods to add housing. We support giving a density bonus for affordable housing, removing barriers to moderate density in more neighborhoods, including around transit and on campuses, allowing for more conversions to residential housing, and removing parking mandates.

This coalition of experts and advocates is ready to work closely with community members and our government leaders to bring about reforms and improvements to housing policy that ensure no one is left behind and everyone has access to the safe, affordable housing they deserve.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Brendan Cheney.

For press inquiries, please click here.

How To Say Yes To Housing!

After months of hard work, City Planning and Community Boards across the city have heard from you about your support of key reforms included in the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal to build more housing in every neighborhood.

If you want to show your support for new housing, there’s still time! The City Council will be accepting written testimony and in-person remarks at a public hearing in Fall 2024. If you need some inspiration, feel free to reference our sample letter, but we encourage you to include a personal anecdote about why adding new housing opportunities in your neighborhood matters to you.

Need help with your remarks or testimony? Check out our suggestions and fact sheet below!

• Yes to Housing Coalition Fact Sheet
• Yes to Housing Community Board Tip Sheet
• Yes to Housing Community Board Draft Letter

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City of Yes for Housing Opportunity Resources 

• DCP Main Webpage and Information 
• Zoning Portal – Details and Public Documents (including DEIS and Racial Equity Report)
• Annotated Full Text
• Applicability Maps

Coalition Partners

ABNY
Almat Urban LLC
American Institute of Architects New York
Amie Gross Architects
The Arker Companies
Ascendant Neighborhood Development Corporation
Asian Americans For Equality
Association of Tenants of Lincoln Towers
BRC
Breaking Ground
The Briarwood Organization
Bright Power, Inc.
Brisa Builders Development
Broadway Community, Inc.
Bronx Neighborhood Housing Services CDC Inc
Bronx Pro Group LLC
Building Studio Architects
C&V Consulting
CAMBA Housing Ventures, Inc./CAMBA, Inc.
Camber Property Group
Catholic Charities POP Development
Catholic Community Relations Council
Chhaya
Chinatown BID/Partnership
Citizens Housing and Planning Council
CLOTH
Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)
Community Preservation Corporation
Concern Housing
Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH)
Curtis + Ginsberg Architects LLP
Dattner Architects
The Delaine Companies
Designing the WE
Douglaston Development
East End YIMBY
Enterprise Community Partners
EW Howell Construction Group
Fair Housing Justice Center
Fifth Avenue Committee
Fordham-Bedford Housing Corporation
Forsyth Street Advisors
FPWA
FXCollaborative Architects LLP
Genesis Companies
Geto & de Milly, Inc.
GF55 Architects
Goddard Riverside
Gotham Organization
Habitat for Humanity New York City and Westchester County
HANAC
The Health & Housing Consortium
HELP USA
Homeless Services United
Hope Community Inc.
Housing and Services, Inc.
Housing Rights Initiative
The Hudson Companies
Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing
JASA
Jericho Project
Jonathan Rose Companies
Joy Construction
K2New Business Development
L+M Development Partners
Lantern Community Services
Lantern Organization
LISC NY
LiveOn NY
Low income Investment Fund (LIIF)
Macquesten Development
Maddd Equities
Magnusson Architecture and Planning
Matrix New World Engineering
MBD Community Housing Corp.
Mega Contracting
Milestone Development LLC
Monadnock Development
Neighborhood Housing Services of NYC
Neighborhood Restore HDFC
New Destiny Housing
NYC Housing Partnership
NYC New Liberals
New York Building Congress
New York Housing Conference
New York League of Conservation Voters
New York State Council of Churches
The NHP Foundation
Niskanen Center
The NRP Group
NYSAFAH
Open New York
Open Plans
Pennrose
Perci PBC
Phipps Houses
Pibly Residential Programs, Inc.
PRC
Project Renewal
Purpose by Design Architects
Queens Bronx Building Association
The Raisner Group
Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY)
Red Stone Equity Partners
Regional Plan Association
Resurrection and Life Pentecostal Church of America, Inc.
Riders Alliance
RiseBoro Community Partnership
RKTB Architects
Robin Hood
Rockabill Development, LLC
Safe Horizon
Selfhelp Realty Group
Services for the Underserved
Settlement Housing Fund, Inc.
Shams DaBaron, Da Housing Hero
Shelter Rock Builders
SKA Marin
Slate Property Group
SMJ Development
St. Nicks Alliance
Supportive Housing Network of New York
TF Cornerstone
Tiffany Street Strategies
Transportation Alternatives
Trinity Church Wall Street
Trinity Financial
Type A Projects
UHAB
Unique People Services
University Neighborhood Housing Program, Inc.
Urban Architectural Initiatives RA P.C.
Urban Pathways
Urbecon LLC
VIP Community Services
VoltaDrive, Inc.
Volunteers of America-Greater New York
Wavecrest Management
Westhab
West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing
WHEDco
Xenolith Partners LLC
Youth Action Programs and Homes Inc.
Yuco Management
Zillow