The city says its proposed mandatory inclusionary housing program exacts as much affordability as the market will bear. But how did it reach that conclusion?
Unfounded fears, legitimate doubts and ambitious alternatives have greeted the mayor’s two proposals to change zoning rules to permit greater housing density and require affordable housing.
We’ve been talking about mandatory inclusionary zoning since candidate de Blasio proposed it more than two years ago. Finally, public review—and a defining policy battle for the administration—begins.
The de Blasio administration and allies want to change zoning rules that mandate the creation of off-street parking. But there’s opposition to the idea from some civic groups.
