PRESENTATION
Racial equity report and fair housing goals
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Garodnick explains how the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal addresses racial equity and fair housing goals. He discusses the proposal's alignment with the city's fair housing plan and recent legislative requirements.
- The proposal is subject to the council's requirement for a racial equity report for select rezoning and land use actions
- Garodnick emphasizes that the proposal emerges from and implements strategies from the city's fair housing plan, 'Where We Live NYC'
- The proposal aims to increase housing opportunities for low-income New Yorkers in amenity-rich neighborhoods
- It focuses on improving housing quality, preserving affordability for existing residents, and expanding housing options for those receiving rental assistance benefits
- Garodnick notes that the proposal aligns with the city council's own fair housing framework, recognizing that every neighborhood needs to be part of the solution to the housing crisis
Daniel Garodnick
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So this proposal affects more than 5 community districts, so it is subject to this requirement.
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Next slide.
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And if you ask how it furthers our fair housing requirement, well, it was born out of our own fair housing report.
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It emerges from the city's fair housing plan where we live, NYC.
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It implements many of its strategies.
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I will note, Mister Chairman, as it relates to community engagement on this proposal, HPD did its own community engagement as it related to this report, which was developed and issued in 2020.
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Of course, we did our own formal engagement as related to City of Gas for housing opportunity, including additional briefings, additional time, additional opportunities for community boards than the charter requires.
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But this plan comes directly out of chapter 6 of our own fair housing report to increase housing opportunities, particularly for low income New Yorkers in amenity rich neighborhoods, improving the quality and preserving affordability for existing residents in expanding the number of homes available to New Yorkers who receive rental assistant benefits, all in that report, all in our proposal today.
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Here's the trajectory of our where we live, New York City housing plan.
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We began work on it in 2018.
