Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the completion of the Kalahari, a 249-unit mixed-income development on 116th Street in Harlem designed and built to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Certification standards... continue

The following is Mayor Bloomberg's 2008 State of the City Address.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced the completion of Morrisania Homes, a 64-unit affordable housing development in the South Bronx comprised of 16 three- and 8 two-family houses. The development is the first affordable development in the State to qualify for LEED for Homes (LEED-H) designation from the U.S. Green Buildings Council.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Shaun Donovan, and Housing Development Corporation (HDC) President Emily Youssouf today announced that the City has once again surpassed its annual target for affordable housing, financing 18,472 units of affordable housing in the 2007 fiscal year that ended June 30th.... continue

Mayor Presents Keys for Innovatively Designed and Environmentally Sustainable Homes in East New York to New Owners... continue

New York is in dire need of housing - particularly affordable housing for the middle class - yet the momentous nature of a development planned for Queens has slipped under the radar.... continue

Battery Park City Authority Board Authorizes Transfer of Revenues to Build 4,300 Units for More than 11,000 New Yorkers... continue

Battery Park City Authority Board Authorizes Transfer of Revenues to Build 4,300 Units for More than 11,000 New Yorkers... continue

The following is the text as prepared for delivery of Mayor Bloomberg's Affordable Housing Address at New York Hilton Hotel in the Manhattan.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Shaun Donovan today announced details of the expansion of the Mayor’s New Housing Marketplace Plan.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Governor George E. Pataki announced today the New York/New York III agreement, a $1 billion pact to finance and develop 9,000 new units of supportive housing in New York City.... continue

Citizens Housing and Planning Council is a great organization that has for many years created good, affordable housing for all New Yorkers.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced today the completed construction of a first-ever $12 million housing development for seniors with special needs and a $9.5 million refinanced mortgage generating nearly $3 million in savings to be used for the refurbishment and modernization of senior housing constructed two decades ago.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Chairman Tino Hernandez and New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) President Emily Youssouf announced today the most comprehensive plan in the City’s history to modernize and preserve thousands of units of public housing.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced The Enterprise Foundation’s $1 billion investment to create and preserve 15,000 affordable homes for low-income New Yorkers.... continue

Editorial lauds Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to creatively invest $3 billion over five years to produce 65,000 critically needed housing units for low- and middle-income New Yorkers as part of comprehensive approach to city's housing crunch... continue

Early in his first term, Mayor Bloomberg announced an ambitious housing agenda, the New Housing Marketplace Plan, to create and preserve 65,000 units of affordable housing in five years. This plan was another milestone in New York City’s history of innovative, ground-breaking approaches to affordable housing.... continue