Affordable Housing Committee

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The Hastings-on-Hudson Affordable Housing Committee was formed in 1990, by Mayor Frances MacEachron, with the goal of meeting the local needs of affordable housing, particularly for volunteer firefighters, ambulance corps members, municipal and school employees, and senior citizens and young people.
 
In partnership with the Hastings-on-Hudson Affordable Housing Development Fund Company, Inc., the Affordable Housing Committee has been able to successfully support funded housing developments. CLICK HERE to view affordable housing developments within the Village.

Affordable Housing

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development gauges affordability as the housing that can be obtained by spending no more than 30% of gross annual household income on housing and utilities. Families who pay more than 30% of their income for housing are considered cost burdened and may have difficulty affording necessities such as food, clothing, transportation and medical care. The percentage of people who are spending more than that 30% of their income has been growing. Wages do not keep up with increases in housing costs, a trend that has particular impact on residents of the Lower Hudson Valley, where housing and the cost of living are high.
 
What is affordable to various households differs. An estimated 12 million renter and homeowner households now pay more than 50 percent of their annual incomes for housing. A family with one full-time worker earning the minimum wage cannot afford the local fair-market rent for a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States.

The links to the left provide more information on the components that are part of Affordable Housing.

 
Interested in affordable housing developments in Hastings-on-Hudson? CLICK HERE for more information.
 

Members

NameTitle
Arthur Riolo

Chairperson

Patricia Speranza
Robert Licht
James Keany
Mark Cassella
Nick Frascone
Ira Lichtiger
Andrew Smith
Christina Griffin
Patrick Sullivan
David Ferris
Thomas Chee-Duffy
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