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Commitment to future review of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH)

3:49:09

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Council Member Marte presses for a commitment from the Department of City Planning to further review and potentially strengthen Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) in the future. Chair Garodnick responds to this request.

Marte emphasizes the need for mandated affordable housing and asks for a commitment to review MIH beyond the scope of the current proposal
Garodnick confirms DCP's commitment to ongoing review of MIH, including income bands, levels, and requirements
He mentions the proposed stand-alone option at 40% AMI as an example of continued improvement

Christopher Marte

3:49:09

And then on the NIH, right, I know some of it is out of scope to this proposal, but will DCP commit to looking at it further?

3:49:20

Because when we pass NIH in the De Blasio administration.

3:49:24

It was supposed to be a first step.

3:49:26

Right?

3:49:26

And we have seen a lot of the negative consequences where people say there's not enough affordable housing or it's not deep enough.

3:49:32

What we want, I think, a lot of the council members who has spoken before me, is that we need affordable housing and we need mandate affordable housing.

3:49:40

And so if we can't do it within the scope of the city of yes, can you commit to looking into this as a next step coming out of this proposal?

Daniel Garodnick

3:49:49

Well, we certainly are committed to taking a look on an ongoing basis at NIH, its income bands, its levels, its requirements, and it's one of the reasons that we are proposing to you all today to have a stand alone option at 40% of AMI.

3:50:02

So this is a continuing conversation that we look forward to having with you.

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