ANHD calls on Council to Fix MIH

The Mayor’s Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) proposal is rapidly making its way through the City’s ULURP process. On February 3, the City Planning Commission (CPC) voted to approve the de Blasio Administration’s MIH proposal with modifications.

MIH is now officially in the hands of City Council, which has until approximately April 8th to vote on MIH. The Council has the power to reshape the Mayor’s MIH proposal over the next 2 months including changing affordability options, process, oversight and enforcement.

For ANHD’s MIH testimony on for today’s City Council hearing CLICK HERE.

MIH can and should be a powerful affordable housing tool, and is one that ANHD and our groups have pushed for over a decade. But the Administration’s current MIH proposal misses the opportunity to create the guaranteed, truly affordable housing that many neighborhoods are demanding.

Mandatory Inclusionary Housing will impact all neighborhoods throughout the City for many years to come. It is critical that we all work to set up an MIH policy that achieves the best possible outcome for our communities.

ANHD has provided critical information on MIH and done extensive analysis of the our City’s current and proposed inclusionary programs.

Based on our research and analysis, ANHD is calling on the City Council to revise the Administration’s Mandatory Inclusionary Housing proposal and to ensure that options with guarantee deeper affordability levels to meet the full range of incomes and neighborhoods across the City.

ANHD’s testimony at the upcoming City Council hearing will be based on our papers:

ANHD and community groups from across the city will call to:

As a city, we cannot afford to miss this opportunity to create a new and effective centerpiece housing program. For additional questions or press inquiries on MIH please feel free to contact Barika Williams, ANHD’s Deputy Director at barika.w@anhd.org.