“The housing crisis that has exacerbated homelessness and made our city less affordable demands comprehensive solutions,” said Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.
“We welcome Mayor Adams and City Planning’s encouraging and thoughtful proposals as a starting point towards critical changes that will help us equitably produce more housing across the city to confront these challenges.”
Another measure would end a decades-old requirement that new homes be built with a minimum number of parking spaces per unit, a policy that City Hall says adds more than $67,000 per-space to development costs and often leads projects to be deemed logistically unfeasible, while in other cases entrenching automobile use in transit-rich areas. Many buildings haveAdvocates have long been calling to eliminate parking minimums, following the lead of states like California and cities like Minneapolis.
“We must allow them to create housing and establish new revenue streams for the organizations that includes campuses owned by faith based organizations,” the mayor said. “There’s a great deal of opportunity here to create new housing by saying yes in God’s backyard.”
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