Senior Housing Project First to Get on Green Fast Track Approval Process
A proposed affordable senior housing project in Brooklyn, New York is to be the first development to go through a new streamlined process for city approval.
The Adams administration launched the Green Fast Track process aiming to produce small and medium-sized all-electric housing faster. The proposed housing development in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Homecrest is slated to become certified at the City Planning Commission’s next meeting.
According to The City, The development would replace two vacant four-story brick buildings with a larger seven-story building. Operated by an Orthodox Jewish organization, Ahi Ezer Congregation, the development would have 53 income-restricted apartments for seniors making no more than about $55,000 per year. The building will also feature space for social services and include a backyard for recreation.
“With the Green Fast Track, we’ve cut red tape for buildings like this one that advance our housing and environmental goals as a city,” said Dan Garodnick, director of the Department of City Planning. “By reducing the time before the public review process can start, we’ve made it easier to deliver affordable senior housing in an all-electric building.”
