The area around Barclays Center could get 10,000 new housing units, with those deemed affordable available to households making as much as $200,000.
A new development group has announced its revised plans for the area around Barclays Center in New York City, where plans to build hundreds of affordable housing units have languished.
As David Brand explains in Gothamist, the state’s economic development authority and the new team of developers will hold a public session to garner feedback on the new proposal, which adds 3,600 housing units to the original plan for 6,400.
The plan also dramatically changes proposed building sizes and locations, and raises the income limit for the units deemed affordable. “The new proposal calls for a pair of high-rises reaching up to 775 feet on the site. And they have publicly discussed reserving the affordable units for individuals making up to $130,000 a year, and families of three earning close to $200,000.”
Local leaders including Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon expressed concerns that the housing built won’t be affordable to the New Yorkers who need it most, and that the developers may back out on the plan to build housing over the railyard.
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