July 29, 2024. NYS Home & Community Renewal approved Philmont’s application and designated Philmont a Certified Pro-Housing Community.
To become a certified Pro-Housing Community, the Philmont Village Board passed a resolution at the May 2024 board meeting adopting the Pro-Housing Community pledge as part of our commitment to Pro-Housing principles to help alleviate the state-wide housing crisis.
As a certified Pro-Housing Community, the Village of Philmont is now eligible to apply for various discretionary funding programs with up to $650 million in available funding.
Pro-Housing Principles
Philmont believes that the lack of housing for New York residents of all ages and income levels negatively impacts the future of New York State’s economic growth and community well-being; therefore, Philmont will endeavor to take the following steps:
- Streamline permitting for multifamily housing, affordable housing, accessible housing, accessory dwelling units, and supportive housing.
- Adopt policies that affirmatively further fair housing.
- Incorporate regional housing needs into planning decisions.
- Increase development capacity for residential uses.
- Enact policies that encourage a broad range of housing development, including multifamily housing, affordable housing, accessible housing, accessory dwelling units, and supportive housing.
Read Philmont’s Pro-Housing Resolution
Visit the NYS Home & Community Renewal Pro-Housing Community Program Page.
Visit the Pro-Housing Community Dashboard. Philmont was the 9th municipality in Columbia County to take the Pro-Housing Community pledge.
View the July 29, 2024 Pro-Housing certification letter.
View NYS Housing Statistics.
View Philmont’s Housing Needs Assessment.
Overview | Pro-Housing Community Program
New Yorkers of all ages and income levels currently face an intense housing shortage, and the urgent need to take action to address the issue is only growing. In New York State, rents have risen 40 to 60 percent since 2015 and home prices have risen 50 to 80 percent. More than half of New York renters are rent-burdened, meaning that they pay more than 30 percent of their income on rent – the second-highest rate in the nation. Here at HCR, we understand the nexus between supply and affordability. In order to achieve true equity of opportunity and to erase the gaps in access to health, education, and wealth-building, we must guarantee that people have a choice as to where they live and raise their families. So much of the housing progress we have made and want to make is dependent on the support of local municipalities who are on the front lines helping families fight for housing that meets their needs.
In July 2023, Governor Hochul signed Executive Order 30 creating the Pro-Housing Community Program – an innovative policy designed to reward local governments that are working hard to address New York’s housing crisis.
Localities must achieve the “Pro-Housing Communities” certification to apply to key discretionary funding programs, including the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI), the NY Forward program, the Regional Council Capital Fund, capital projects from the Market New York program, the New York Main Street program, the Long Island Investment Fund (LIIF), the Mid-Hudson Momentum Fund, and the Public Transportation Modernization Enhancement Program (MEP).