Senator Sanders shed light on the systemic inequities faced by Black and brown communities, emphasizing how they often receive inferior products while paying higher prices. With such disparities persisting, Senator Sanders urged the Department of Financial Services (DFS) to play a pivotal role in addressing these issues, particularly by weighing in on the imperative matter of reparations.
Read MoreSyracuse common councilors Monday approved a budget for the coming fiscal year that includes what they say is a stronger focus on housing and governmental efficiency. The council unanimously approved about 30 amendments that reallocated funding within the $341 million budget, but otherwise maintains the same level of spending. Finance Committee Chair Corey Williams says they directed more money toward Home HeadQuarters, The Greater Syracuse Land Bank, and The Syracuse Housing Trust Fund.
Read MoreThe Syracuse Common Council may cut 14 vacant or proposed positions in order to redirect some of the $341 million in Mayor Ben Walsh’s proposed budget into housing development efforts.
Read MoreA $500,000 Program Related Investment (PRI) to Home HeadQuarters (HHQ) acted as a loan loss reserve to backstop first mortgages for new, first-time homebuyers in the city of Syracuse.
Read MoreThe Albany County Land Bank, Social Enterprise and Training (SEAT) Center, YouthBuild Albany, and Home HeadQuarters, Inc. were joined by elected officials, community leaders, neighborhood residents and YouthBuild Albany participants today to break ground on a new, small footprint affordable home prototype.
Read MoreWe're zeroing in on our target area for this year's Block Blitz on Friday, September 15, 9am-3pm. If you live, own or work in the Elmwood-Creekside neighborhood, let us send some willing volunteers over to paint, patch, plant and more!
Read MoreThe Resilient Retrofits 1% Loan Program kicks off next week with a media announcement in the town of Lackawanna on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz will join New York State Homes & Community Renewal Deputy Commissioner Leonard Skrill and HHQ's Deputy Director Anna Falicov to announce the $9 million loan fund for income-eligible Erie, Broome, Kings & Queens and Suffolk County homeowners who live in the 500-year floodplain to help preserve their homes in the face of increasing flood events and other climate-readiness needs. For more information on the Erie Program, visit www.homehq.org/erieretrofits.
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