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New York State Association for Affordable Housing

New York State Association for Affordable Housing

  • Proposal Would Subvert Efforts to Address Affordable Housing Crisis

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    (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)


    One of the greatest and most immediate challenges facing New York is a statewide affordable housing crisis that continues to affect millions of families. Elected officials must support and promote new legislation and policies that will help our state produce more affordable homes and, correspondingly, do no harm to much-needed housing efforts.

    The reality today is that more than 3 million households across the state still pay more than 30 percent of their income on housing costs, which means they are

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