Governor Hochul Announces Executive Actions on Housing

On Tuesday, July  18, Gov. Kathy Hochul  announced several executive actions to promote housing growth, including: 

• Declaring an  Executive Order establishing priority in certain discretionary funding programs for localities across the state that comply with a new “Pro-Housing Community” certification process;
• Creating a program to advance residential projects halted by the expiration of 421-a that include affordable housing; limited to within the Gowanus rezoning area in Brooklyn;
• Requiring all state entities to identify the potential for state-owned lands to support housing;
• Recent and forthcoming regulatory initiatives to identify opportunities for greater efficiencies to promote housing growth;
• Launching of the beta version of a new, interactive portal to collect and share community-level housing and zoning data and information.

To read a full breakdown of Governor Hochul’s executive actions, click here.