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Report Mission Needs Recommendations Stories Coalition View the Report Menu Report Mission Needs Recommendations Stories Coalition View the Report View the Report From the Ground Up | 2021 Affordable housing recommendations for New York City’s next Mayor Our Mission A coalition of more than 80 organizations produced a blueprint for housing investment for New York City’s next mayor. New York City will elect a new mayor in 2021 – it must be a leader capable of steering our city out of the worst health and economic crisis we have seen in decades and towards recovery with a vision of racial equity and prosperity for all New Yorkers. Housing must be at the center of this plan for economic rebirth and social justice. View the Report Housing Need A Growing Housing Crisis 0 + Homeless in New York City The highest homeless count since the Great Depression in NYC includes more than 22,000 children sleeping in shelters tonight. $ 0 Billion NYCHA Repairs Outstanding repairs in public housing impact the health and housing of 400,000+ NYCHA residents. 0 Severely Rent Burdened Households Too many households pay more than ½ their income on rent. This creates housing instability and leaves less money for food, medicine, childcare and emergencies. Major Recommendations United in our vision and determination, we call on New York City’s next mayor to launch an affordable housing plan of unprecedented scale and commit to the following: Invest $4 billion per year to fund a comprehensive affordable housing plan, including: A racial equity strategy that starts to reverse centuries of racist housing policies and planning practices in New York City. $1.5 billion in annual investment into the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), matched by State funding, intended to fully restore the quality of NYC’s vital public housing stock. $2.5 billion in annual investment into affordable housing rental and homeownership opportunities, which would expand housing supply based on need and informed by data. $200 million per year in rental assistance matched by New York State. A significant reduction to homelessness and an overhaul of inter-agency coordination in order to streamline housing development and preservation, starting in City Hall Major Recommendations Adopt United for Housing’s guiding principles to shape NYC’s next housing plan: Confront and undo a legacy of systemic racial discrimination in housing. Prioritize preservation of public housing in a citywide affordable housing plan. Expand affordable housing supply through preservation and development. Improve housing affordability for the lowest income New Yorkers. Reduce homelessness through coordinated housing and homeless policy. Detailed Recommendations In addition, United for Housing developed a set of detailed policy recommendations across the following five issue areas: Public Housing New Construction of Affordable Housing Preservation of Affordable Housing Housing Poverty and Homelessness Homeownership Issue One Public Housing We call for NYCHA to be at the center of the next housing plan, including $1.5 billion per year in capital, championing the voice of residents in decision-making, and overhauling management and operations View the Report Issue Two New Construction of Affordable Housing Build mixed income housing to meet the most pressing need, upzone in higher income areas, create a framework for every community district to participate in the housing plan, use non-budgetary solutions to increase density, and lead an interagency effort to reduce development costs View the Report Issue Three Preservation of Affordable Housing Expand use of HPD’s preservation programs to bring existing rental properties into regulatory agreements, readapt programs to today’s market dynamics to preempt disinvestment in rent-stabilized buildings, and convert hotels in high-opportunity” neighborhoods into permanent supportive and affordable housing View the Report Issue Four Housing Poverty and Homelessness Provide leadership at City Hall including a single deputy mayor in charge of housing and homelessness issues, dramatically increase funding including producing a minimum of 8,000 units of housing for extremely low income and homeless New Yorkers and $200 million per year for new housing vouchers, intervene at strategic institutional touchpoints to disrupt homelessness and expand successful programs that promote housing stability and prevent homelessness View the Report Issue Five Homeownership Increase the supply of owner-occupied affordable housing through new construction and preservation programs, expand New Yorkers’ access to homeownership by increasing access to down payment assistance, create alternatives to the tax lien sale and launch means-tested tax exemptions, expand funding and support for basement apartments and accessory dwelling units (ADUs), create a pathway for tenant or community-based ownership of rental buildings View the Report housing stories United for Housing asked people to share their housing stories and their recommendations for the next mayor. Here are six New Yorkers sharing why housing is important and how it has changed their lives. Play Play Play Play Play Play Previous Next What’s your housing advice for NYC’s next mayor? Speak your mind using #U4Housing . Just post using the hashtag #U4Housing to share your story with us and others as we work together to guide housing policies and more in the 2021 mayoral election. Tweets by U4Housing Our Coalition We include experts in affordable housing, public housing, homelessness, health, the environment, workforce development, finance, real estate, urban planning, racial justice and criminal justice and more. 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