Some one-time grant funding has made the difference between renters in rural New York having a safe place to live - or having to move. The McNeil Park Apartments, in Copenhagen, is an income-based complex for seniors and adults with disabilities. When it was purchased in 2020 by the Copenhagen Happy Acres Housing Fund, McNeil Park was in a state of disrepair. .
New apartments on the market in Pulaski are the latest development aimed at reducing New York s housing shortage. Selkirk Landing consists of 44 affordable homes for families and seniors, along with 20 homes with supportive services to house adults who have been homeless. A Rural Housing Coalition of New York report found most rural towns have vacancy rates twice their urban counterparts. .
Nebraska s Winnebago Tribe is considered a mid-sized tribe, but it s a big award winner. The tribe s Ho-Chunk Village housing development is one of nine recipients of a 2023 Honoring Nations All-Star award from the Harvard Kennedy School Project on Indigenous Governance and Development. The winners were chosen from 142 prior Honoring Nations winners. .
Efforts to rein in the executive branch agency that currently has the power to unilaterally approve hundreds of millions of dollars worth of tax abatements without input from elected officials fell short.