Check out Welcome Home Westchester’s new video on the economic impacts of Westchester County’s housing shortage: Westchester County is facing an urgent housing shortage and its impact is not just social — it’s economic. A new joint report by the Westchester County Association and Regional Plan Association, “Building Growth,” quantifies the consequences of not building […]

Habitat for Humanity New York City and Westchester County, in collaboration with the Village of Croton-on-Hudson, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the construction of its first standalone accessory dwelling unit (ADU) under New York State’s Plus One ADU Program on September 3. This milestone project is being built on the property of homeowners Walter […]

Leaders of Welcome Home Westchester partner organization The Building & Realty Institute of Westchester & the Mid-Hudson Region (BRI) have been named as “2025 Trailblazers in Building & Real Estate” by City & State New York. Timothy Foley, the BRI’s CEO and Executive Vice President is described as “one of the region’s leading voices on […]

Join Welcome Home Westchester for a webinar on the economic impact of addressing Westchester’s housing crisis with presenter Kate Slevin, executive vice president of Regional Plan Association and Michael Romita, president & CEO of Westchester County Association. Chance Mullen, mayor of Pelham and executive director of Housing Action Council, will present the municipality’s case study, […]

Photo Credit: Todd Cross (July 9, 2025) After years of working closely with the community to determine both the needs of the Village and wishes of Pelham’s residents, the culmination of Pelham Green’s successful public-private partnership was unveiled in June. The milestone ribbon-cutting of the new Pelham Municipal Center, which now houses the Village’s police, […]

Please see the following information on an upcoming webinar from Habitat for Humanity NYC and Westchester County on the Plus One ADU program. In partnership with the NYS Housing Trust Fund Corporation, Housing Action Council and municipalities of Cortlandt, Croton-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington and Yorktown, a Tuesday, July 29 information session will be offered. […]