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The council voted Wednesday to allocate $2.2 million in federal COVID-relief funds to a 100-unit, affordable housing project.
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A newly proposed housing development in Binghamton’s First Ward neighborhood would offer more than 100 affordable housing units.
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The project is one of eight in the Southern Tier funded by the Restore New York Communities Initiative, which funds projects to rehabilitate blighted downtowns and neighborhoods across the state.
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Homeowners living in 500-year floodplain zones can apply for $50,000 low-interest loans to invest in upgrades that protect their homes from flood damage.
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The expansion would have allowed construction of 12 additional cottages. The proposal received stiff pushback from some Newfield residents and elected officials.
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Data from Cornell University researchers shows eviction rates haven’t just returned to pre-pandemic levels; they’ve largely exceeded them.
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Some recent off-the-cuff comments by Gov. Kathy Hochul on whether she might support a tenants’ rights measure known as the Good Cause Eviction law caused a stir among advocates and landlords. But a spokeswoman for the governor said people shouldn’t read too much into it.
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Advocates for stronger laws to protect tenants' rights in the face of eviction say they are encouraged by a court ruling that struck down a local Good Cause Eviction law in the city of Albany. They say it strengthens the argument that there should be a statewide law.
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The $8 million project includes 23 affordable housing units.
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Former U.S. Education Secretary John B. King was appointed as SUNY chancellor in December. He said he plans to visit all 64 campuses.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced new affordable housing projects in Brooklyn and said she hopes to step up construction of low-cost housing to the rest of the state beginning next year.
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"The housing situation is just so, so bad that people will live by the river rather than wait in the nursing home for an apartment to open up."