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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(October 8, 2025) Westchester County’s housing shortage continues to be a top concern for residents, businesses and their employees. City & State reports: “Elected officials and real estate developers have prioritized the creation of more affordable housing in recent years, and yet experts say the lack of adequate housing remains a crisis.” Several key players […]
Read more...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 […]
Read more...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 […]
Read more...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 […]
Read more...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, […]
Read more...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, […]
Read more...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. […]
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Welcome Home Westchester congratulates Chance Mullen on his new role as executive director of the Tarrytown-based Housing Action Council, one of the campaign’s founding organizations. “I’m proud to join Housing Action Council and continue partnering with Welcome Home Westchester to push for the kind of inclusive, thoughtful development our region needs,” Mullen stated. “Housing growth […]
Read more...Welcome Home Westchester, a multi-stakeholder advocacy campaign providing education and driving the conversation on building the affordable housing we need countywide, is pleased to recognize Westchester’s three newest Pro-Housing Communities, as certified by New York State. Congratulations to the Village of Irvington, City of Mount Vernon and Village of Ossining on being the first three […]
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