LoHud Feature: Builders launch affordable housing push, Yonkers requires more low-cost units
Westchester residential builders, corporate leaders and fair housing backers on Thursday united to overcome resistance to affordable multi-family housing throughout the region.
The Building & Realty Institute launched a campaign called “Welcome Home Westchester” that takes a multi-pronged approach to the problem.
The trade organization aims to work with municipal leaders and their volunteer boards in an education campaign that will focus on affordable housing in multi-family developments as a way to address racial justice, climate change, and the need for nearby places to live for the county’s workforce.
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