Q&A
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.
