(May 30, 2025) Welcome Home Westchester, a multi-stakeholder advocacy effort driving conversation toward fixing the housing shortage in the county, appluds County Executive Ken Jenkins and the Department of Planning on its launch of the HomeSeeker platform. This new interactive online portal allows families and individuals to search for affordable housing opportunities. Westchester Residential Opportunities […]
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(May 29, 2025) Welcome Home Westchester, a multistakeholder advocacy effort working to drive a new public conversation around fixing the County’s housing shortage, is pleased to welcome The Scarsdale Congregational Church UCC to its Policy Advisory Committee (PAC). The Church’s leadership offered a statement on joining Welcome Home Westchester: “The Scarsdale Congregational Church UCC is […]
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(May 28, 2025) A new joint report released by the Westchester County Association (WCA) and Regional Plan Association (RPA) – both partners of the Welcome Home Westchester campaign – reveals the potential devastating economic impacts of failing to build the housing the county needs. Unveiled at WCA’s Real Estate Summit ‘25 on May 21, “Building […]
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(May 21, 2025) Welcome Home Westchester fondly remembers Rose Noonan, longtime executive director of Housing Action Council and tireless affordable housing advocate in our region. Rose and the Housing Action Council were founding partners of the Welcome Home Westchester campaign. Under Rose’s leadership, thousands of residents were able to find safe, dignified housing – a […]
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(May 14, 2025) The Westchester County housing shortage, as elsewhere throughout the state, continues to grow. According to Governor Kathy Hochul, this year’s $254 billion budget promises to “build a state where housing is more affordable.” With state investments into initiatives including the Pro-Housing Community Program and Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP) pilot, as well […]
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Welcome Home Westchester, along with the Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act Coalition and Open New York, will be hosting a Faith Walk in support of the state bill on Tuesday, May 20 at noon at Delfino Park/Mt. Hope AME Zion Church in White Plains. Join local leaders, faith group representatives and other local pro-housing advocates; all […]
Read more...Read the Welcome Home Westchester memorandum of support in full. Welcome Home Westchester, a multi-stakeholder pro-housing advocacy campaign consisting of business and nonprofit leaders, companies involved in homebuilding and the development of housing, academics, think tanks, anti-homelessness advocates, climate activists, faith leaders, and community advocates, is dedicated to addressing the critical housing shortage in Westchester […]
Read more...(April 25, 2025) The Welcome Home Westchester campaign applauds the efforts of Westchester County and County Executive Kenneth W. Jenkins, who outlined some of the recent work toward building the affordable housing our county needs during his April 23 State of the County address. “Our county continues to do everything it can to support the […]
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(April 17, 2025) This April, Welcome Home Westchester is recognizing Fair Housing Month, a time to commemorate the 1968 Fair Housing Act. This law, passed as part of the Civil Rights Act, made it illegal to discriminate during housing transactions. Welcome Home Westchester is a multi-stakeholder advocacy effort consisting of business and nonprofit leaders, academics, […]
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(April 11, 2025) New York’s Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act, a proposed bi-partisan bill, would ease the zoning and review process for religious organizations looking to build residences on their land in Westchester County and across the state. This promising legislation can help Westchester’s religious institutions address the housing shortage faced in the county by creating […]
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