ANHD Statement on Fair Housing Framework Legislation

May 11, 2023

ANHD has long called for a more equitable and intentional planning system in NYC. We’re therefore excited to stand with Speaker Adams, Council Member Salamanca, Council Member Sanchez, and the over 30 council member co-sponsors as they introduce legislation requiring the City to create Fair Housing plans on a regular basis. 

ANHD has long called for a more equitable and intentional planning system in NYC. We’re therefore excited to stand with Speaker Adams, Council Member Salamanca, Council Member Sanchez, and the over 30 council member co-sponsors as they introduce legislation requiring the City to create Fair Housing plans on a regular basis. 

Our City’s geography of inequality didn’t happen by chance; it was the predictable outcome of decades of planning decisions that only served to reinforce racial and economic disparities - a pattern that continues to this day. Breaking that mold will require proactive, deliberative planning to achieve clear equity-oriented goals. And it will require placing the needs of marginalized communities front and center in the City’s policy, budgeting, and land use decisions. The Fair Housing Framework legislation is an important step in that direction, providing a new level of analysis that looks at questions of displacement and preservation alongside development and sets recommendations rooted in explicit racial and economic equity goals, which our government and our communities can then use as a transparent basis for decision-making. 

We look forward to working with the Speaker and the Council as this bill advances, and we will continue to fight alongside our ANHD member organizations and our partners in the Thriving Communities Coalition to fundamentally transform our City’s land use and planning systems into tools that can empower BIPOC communities and build a more equitable New York for all of us.

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