What does Westchester think about reforming New York’s State Environmental Quality Review Act, as proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul? Welcome Home Westchester’s partners spoke with Westfair Business Journals about the proposal: Westchester County Association President & CEO Michael N. Romita: “Governor Hochul’s SEQRA reforms are a very important step toward addressing the state’s critical housing […]
Read more...SEQRA Reform Will Allow Westchester to More Easily Build the Housing We Need (January 15, 2025) Governor Kathy Hochul’s new “Let Them Build” agenda calls for a series of reforms to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) with the intent to allow projects that will not harm the environment to move forward […]
Read more...Happy 2026! At the end of 2025, Welcome Home Westchester was proud to present “Taking Stock of the Pro-Housing Policies We Need: A Municipal Housing Policy Scorecard.” This report is a transparent measure of each Westchester municipality’s progress on pro-housing policy reforms, as detailed in WHW’s Five in 2025 Policy Agenda. Our partners and Policy […]
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Scorecards Recognize Progress on Local Policy Reforms Designed to Remove Barriers to Building the Housing We Need and Reflect the “5 in 2025” Policies (December 12, 2025) Welcome Home Westchester (WHW), a multi-stakeholder pro-housing advocacy effort, announced the release of its Housing Policy Scorecards for all 43 cities, towns, and villages in the county at […]
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Welcome Home Westchester engaged in a community presentation on Westchester County’s housing shortage and smart growth options for Croton-on-Hudson on Tuesday evening at Croton Free Library. Croton Housing Network’s Nance Shatzkin introduced WHW Partner Timothy Foley of Building and Realty Institute of Westchester and the Mid-Hudson Region (BRI), Marnie Henricksson of Habitat for Humanity New […]
Read more...On Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, the Hudson River Community Association (HRCA) and the Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus, Inc. are hosting an affordable housing forum. Welcome Home Westchester (WHW) Policy Advisory Committee member Ronald Rosado Abad of Community Housing Innovations, Inc., will moderate a panel that includes: See more information below:
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October 14, 2025 Honorable Kenneth JenkinsWestchester County Executive148 Martine AvenueWhite Plains, NY 10601 Lawrence C. SouleDirector of the BudgetWestchester County148 Martine AvenueWhite Plains, NY 10601 Dear County Executive Jenkins and Budget Director Soule, On behalf of Welcome Home Westchester, a multistakeholder campaign led by business and nonprofit leaders, homebuilding and housing development companies, academics, think […]
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Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins signed legislation for the redevelopment project (October 14, 2025) Following a unanimous vote by the Westchester County Board of Legislators, County Executive Ken Jenkins signed legislation for the construction of 160 affordable rental units in Yonkers on October 9. The development of 632-636 South Broadway in Yonkers, currently the site […]
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Join Welcome Home Westchester and our collaborators from The Building & Realty Institute of Westchester and the Mid-Hudson Region, Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc., and Habitat for Humanity NYC & Westchester for a community presentation discussing housing in Croton-on-Hudson on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at the Croton Free Library!
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