NYSAFAH Policy Agendas
The importance of increased capital subsidies for housing is clear, given the growing housing affordability crisis throughout New York State. Public subsidies stimulate and leverage private investment for housing production, resulting in job creation and immediate as well as sustained taxes and revenue to the state and local governments. Since 2000, funding levels for housing programs in New York have remained essentially flat; recognizing the state is likely to face continued budgetary constraints, it is essential New York State take action to utilize limited public subsidy efficiently, and facilitate leveraging state dollars with private investment and federal government funding. NYSAFAH’s state policy priorities reflect this objective. Read the full NYSAFAH New York State Policy Priorities 2010/2011document here.
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Prevailing Wages
Read the 2008 CHPC Report, Prevailing Wisdom: The Potential Impact of Prevailing Wages on Affordable Housing, which found that imposing prevailing wage would increase costs dramatically, cutting the number of affordable units in half. Further, the study found that affordable housing developers are already largely paying a living wage, and have safe, quality construction practices.
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