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Housing & Urban Development Committee

Overview
The Housing and Urban Development Committee addresses legal and policy issues related to the urban environment with a particular emphasis on affordable housing preservation and development. Topics of interest include:
- Housing Development Fund Companies
- Mitchell-Lama Housing
- Green Buildings
- Inclusionary Housing Programs
- Affordable Housing Finance
- Affordable Homeownership and Foreclosure Prevention
- Tax Incentive Programs
- Development of Affordable Housing
- City, State and New York City Housing Authority Housing Programs
Chairs
- Daniel M. Bernstein
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- Jennifer Kubicki
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Reports
- TPT Tenant Petitions (May 21, 2018) PDF
  
  Author(s): Housing & Urban Development Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Affordable Housing Housing
- Mapping of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing & the East Harlem Rezoning (November 10, 2017) PDF
  
  Author(s): Housing & Urban Development Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Land Use Planning and Zoning Affordable Housing
- Report in Support of the Home Stability Support Program (June 15, 2017) PDF
  
  Author(s): Social Welfare Law Committee Housing & Urban Development Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Affordable Housing Homelessness
- Report on NYC Council Legislation to Require the Auditing of Buildings for Compliance with the Affordability Requirements of the 421-a Tax Exemption Program (March 15, 2017) PDF
  
  Author(s): Housing & Urban Development Committee Land Use Planning & Zoning Committee Real Property Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): 421-a Affordable Housing
- Letter to Governor Cuomo and Legislative Leaders calling for the re-enactment of the 421-a real-estate tax exemption and permanent extension of the Private Activity Bond Allocation Act of 2014 (May 17, 2016) PDF
  
  Author(s): Housing & Urban Development Committee Land Use Planning & Zoning Committee Real Property Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Affordable Housing 421-a
- Comments on Mayor de Blasio's proposed Mandatory Inclusionary Housing text amendment to the City Planning Commission and New York City Council (January 26, 2016) PDF
  
  Author(s): Housing & Urban Development Committee Cooperative & Condominium Law Committee Land Use Planning & Zoning Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Affordable Housing
- Transition Memo to Mayor de Blasio regarding Housing and Urban Development (April 30, 2014) PDF
  
  Author(s): Housing & Urban Development Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Affordable Housing Transition Memo
- Report on legislation which would require that any disposition of land or buildings by the NYC Housing Authority be subject to and comply with the provisions of NYC's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (March 18, 2014) PDF
  
  Author(s): Housing & Urban Development Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Housing Authority, New York City
- Report on A.5438/S.226 which would amend Â§ 31 of the PHFL to expand the qualifying income range of eligible families for the Mitchell-Lama Program (June 2013) (June 01, 2013) PDF
  
  Author(s): Housing & Urban Development Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Affordable Housing
- 2013 Policy Recommendations for New York City's Next Mayor (May 01, 2013) PDF
  
  Author(s): Animal Law Committee Banking Law Committee Children & the Law Committee Children, Council on Civil Court Committee Civil Rights Committee Consumer Affairs Committee Corrections & Community Reentry Committee Criminal Advocacy Committee Criminal Courts Committee Criminal Justice Operations Committee Criminal Law Committee Disability Law Committee Domestic Violence Committee Drugs & the Law Committee Education & the Law Committee Environmental Law Committee Housing & Urban Development Committee Monday Night Law/Moderate Means Committee Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Rights Committee Matrimonial Law Committee New York City Affairs Committee Real Property Law Committee Sex & Law Committee Social Welfare Law Committee Transportation Committee United Nations Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): NYC Policy Recommendations Transition Memo
- Preserving Mitchell-Lama Housing Companies as Affordable Housing for the Future (April 2013) (April 01, 2013) PDF
  
  Author(s): Housing & Urban Development Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Affordable Housing
- Letter to the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board commenting on proposed amendments to the New York Private Housing Finance Law aimed at improving the regulation and operation of housing development fund companies (HDFCs) (March 2013) (March 01, 2013) PDF
  
  Author(s): Housing & Urban Development Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Low Income Cooperatives
News
- Advancing Environmental Equity in New York City (April 30, 2018)
- What You Need to Know About the New 421-A Tax Break for Developers (DNAinfo) (April 27, 2017)
- Stroock’s Erica Buckley Is Dropping Government Know-How on the Firm’s Real Estate Practice (Commercial Observer) (August 04, 2016)
- City Bar urges Albany to pass 421a sans prevailing wage (The Real Deal) (May 18, 2016)
- City Bar Urges Governor and Legislature to Re-Enact Revised 421-a Law and to Renew the Private Activity Bond Allocation Act of 2014 (May 17, 2016)
- DOB Seminar Concentrates on Tenant Protection (Chelsea Now) (May 11, 2016)
- Planning Commission Vote Will Send Zoning Proposals to City Council (Gotham Gazette) (February 03, 2016)
- De Blasio’s Housing Plans Coming to City Council in Early February (Politico New York) (January 28, 2016)
- NYC Bar Assoc. Asks City to Delay Mandatory Inclusionary Housing until 421a Resolution (The Real Deal) (January 27, 2016)
- New York City Bar Association Recommends City Planning Commission Consider Postponing Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Amendment and Rezonings Pending Clarity on 421-a Tax Issues (January 27, 2016)
- City Bar Recommends City Planning Commission Consider Postponing Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Amendment and Rezonings Pending Clarity on 421-a Tax Issues (January 26, 2016)
Events
- Exploring Innovative Residential Options for Persons with Alzheimer 's Disease (October 22, 2018)
Of Interest

Policy Recommendations for New York City's Next Mayor (PDF)

Housing & Urban Development Committee

The Housing and Urban Development Committee addresses legal and policy issues related to the urban environment with a particular emphasis on affordable housing preservation and development. Topics of interest include: