What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? July 18, 2025

Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.

A proposal up for a vote this fall would speed up approvals for affordable housing in neighborhoods that have produced the least over the last five years. Here’s where the rule would apply if it went into effect today. (Patrick Spauster/City Limits)

Welcome to “What Happened This Week in NYC Housing?” where we compile the latest local news about housing, land use and homelessness.

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ICYMI, from City Limits:

Among the ballot proposals New Yorkers will be asked to vote on this fall: A measure to accelerate affordable housing production in the parts of the city that have produced the least, which has drawn criticism from councilmembers and community boards. City Limits crunched the numbers to see which neighborhoods would be subject to the “fast track” rule if it took effect today.

Among the usually moderate public housing voters who helped power Eric Adams to the mayoralty, Zohran Mamdani outperformed expectations in last month’s Democratic primary. Here how every NYCHA-adjacent election district voted in first-round ballots.

Catch the latest episode of the “Hear Our Voices” podcast, which shares stories and resources related to family homelessness.

“Mitchell-Lama was one of New York’s most successful projects, and the time has come for us to do it again,” write New York City Assemblymembers Harvey Epstein and Grace Lee.

ICYMI, from other local newsrooms:

Did Mayor Adams really build more housing than the Bloomberg and de Blasio administrations combined? The Real Deal fact-checks the claim. (Subscription required)

A long-shuttered former hospital in Forest Hills will be converted to 144 apartments for low-income seniors, Gothamist reports.

The task force charged with voting on a controversial plan to develop a swath of the Red Hook waterfront around the Brooklyn Marine Terminal delayed its decision for the fifth time, according to The City.

New York State plans to slash a program that helps low- and moderate-income homeowners lower their energy usage and costs, New York Focus reports.

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