RIP affordable housing commission
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- March
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In an interview today about his upcoming state of the county speech, Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef said that he’s done waiting for the County Legislature to collaborate with him on the Housing Opportunities Commission, which would study and implement plans for affordable housing for Rockland’s middle income residents.
It’s a proposal he’s requested for the last several years. The Legislature has not voted on the commission and its members have said there are details that need to be worked out first.
“That one’s getting to be a fine wine,” Vanderhoef said. “It’s aged.”
But residents feeling the housing crunch still have some hope. Vanderhoef said his office is going to forgo the commission and continue to work on creating affordable housing on its own. The county has constructed or rehabilitated more than 1,900 units in the last several years, including about 300 since 2005.
Vanderhoef will deliver his annual address at 8 p.m. on April 1 in the Legislature chambers in New City.
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