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S03397Introduced in the Senate

Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income; outlines the densities for New York city; makes related provisions.

IntroducedSenate Housing, Construction, and Community Development

Introduced by Andrew Gounardes, District 26

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Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income; outlines the densities for New York city; makes related provisions.

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REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

January 7, 2026

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Bill history

  1. REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  3. PRINT NUMBER 3397A

  4. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  5. PRINT NUMBER 3397B

  6. REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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