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    Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Program Sent to Community Boards for Public Review

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide
    Carl Weisbrod, Chairman of the City Planning Commission. Image credit: CityLand

    Carl Weisbrod, Chairman of the City Planning Commission. Image credit: CityLand

    The program would be the strongest inclusionary housing requirement in the nation.  On September 18, 2015, the City Planning Commission initiated public review of the Department of City Planning’s application for the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program, which is one of the major programs to be implemented under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Housing New York plan.  The Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program would require, rather than incentivize, residential developers to reserve a portion of newly-created housing units as permanently affordable.  The program seeks to help the fifty-five percent of New York City residential-renters who are “rent burdened,” which has increased by eleven percent since 2000.

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    Tags : affordable housing, City Planning Commission, Department of City Planning, Housing New York, Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Mayor Bill de Blasio, ULURP, zoning text amendment
    Date:10/28/2015
    Category : City Planning Commission
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