Our Platform

Creates a pathway to build publicly-backed housing that is insulated from market forces and lets residents exert democratic control over their homes.

• This legislation will create a Social Housing Development Authority (SHDA), a statewide authority with the power to build and preserve high-quality, affordable housing all across New York State.
• Though social housing is largely new to the United States, it is common across the world, and a number of states are turning to the model to address a decades-long affordability crisis.