Welcome Home Westchester
Welcome Home Westchester’s Reaction Statement to the Ongoing Budget Negotiations
(April 19, 2023) For months, we have been advocating for a bold vision for tackling our housing shortage. We have been clear in our campaign’s values that every community in Westchester and the Greater New York City area played a role in creating this housing […]
WEBINAR | The New York Housing Compact: What Would It Mean for Westchester? -> REGISTER HERE.
As part of her Executive Budget, Governor Kathy Hochul has proposed one of the most pro-housing and pro-construction agendas within generations. Named “The New York Compact,” it’s an attempt for the state to building 800,000 new homes in 3 years, including an estimated 10,000 here […]
Welcome Home Westchester’s Reaction Statement to Gov. Hochul’s State of the State Address
January 10, 2023The Welcome Home Westchester Campaign Joins Other Businesses and Organizations in Reacting to Governor Kathy Hochulās State of the State Proposal on the New York Housing CompactToday, Governor Kathy Hochul put forth a bold vision for tackling our housing shortage in our region. […]
Press Release: The Welcome Home Westchester Campaign Among Honorees for New York Housing Conferenceās 2022 Public Service Award
CONTACT: Anika Nahar, Campaign Communications Coordinator The Building and Realty Institute of Westchester and the Mid-Hudson Region anika@buildersinstitute.org The Welcome Home Westchester Campaign Among Honorees for New York Housing Conferenceās 2022 Public Service Award (ARMONK, N.Y.) The Welcome Home Westchester campaign was recognized for its work in public service at […]
The BRI and Welcome Home Westchester Pen Letter of Support for Affordable Housing Investment Fund in the Capital Budget
The 2019 Westchester County Housing Needs Assessment and the subsequent years of budget investment to assist with land acquisition and infrastructure projects that would support new housing developments are moving the needle in terms of addressing this shortage and leading local municipalities by example. This […]
Statement for Westchester Countyās 2023 Proposed Capital Budget
The proposed 2023 Capital Budget has been released by County Executive George Latimer on October 13, 2022. The Welcome Home Westchester campaign believes that this budget proposal ā which includes $90 million in affordable housing incentives — will be an excellent step towards addressing the housing […]
Welcome Home Westchester Releases 3-Minute Video on Building the Housing We Need
This 3 minute video explains the importance of building more housing of all different shapes and sizes — not just mansions and high-rises, but duplexes, townhouses, bungalows, accessory dwelling units, and transit-oriented developments — and what local cities, towns, and villages should consider in order […]
Welcome Home Westchester Releases Study: Multi-Family Housing Development Impacts in Westchester County Part One: School District Enrollment
Westchester badly needs more housing. Opponents of multifamily housing projects often cite a potential increase in school-aged children and a predicted drain on local school resources as a reason to oppose building badly needed multifamily housing, especially affordable workforce housing pegged to middle-class incomes. Neighborhood defenders […]
Welcome Home Westchester Releases the ā2 in ā22ā Agenda for Municipalities
Each city, town, and village within Westchester County has established land use boards to review site plan reviews, subdivisions, variances, and special-use permits. But there exists a wide and uneven variation between how boards function in different communities, both because the municipal code requirements are […]
Press Conference: Unveiling Our Research on the Impact on Schools from Multi-Family Housing Developments
Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 | 10am via ZoomRegister here.Ā