$2 Million of Projects Approved in First Round of Funding through Housing Action Fund

The Ulster County Legislature approved County Executive Jen Metzger’s recommendations to award $2 million in funding through the Housing Action Fund (HAF) for five affordable and supportive housing projects in Ulster County. The awards are the first made through the $15 million Fund, which was established last year by the County Executive and Legislature to address the housing crisis.

The Legislature voted 21-1 in favor of the recommendations at the September 17 legislative session. The five projects all meet the Fund’s affordability and sustainability requirements:

•$300,000 to the Affordable Housing Conservancy for the development of Harmony Hall, a 51 Unit Permanent Senior (62+) Affordable Rental Housing development in the Town of New Paltz.

•$500,000 to RUPCO for the Quality Inn Conversion Project in the Town of Ulster, an 83 unit permanently affordable and supportive housing development for homeless individuals or families with unmet housing needs.

•$400,000 to the Affordable Housing Conservancy for eight new affordable manufactured homes at the Gallis Hill Manufactured Home Park in the Town of Hurley.

•$400,000 to Ulster County Habitat for Humanity for the development of the Jeffrey Court project in the Town of Saugerties, a subdivision with 10 new affordable homes developed for homeownership.

•$400,000 to the Kingston City Land Bank for the Third Avenue Housing Development in the City of Kingston, an approximately 50-unit new, affordable housing development on a vacant infill site in the city.

https://ulstercountyny.gov/news/executive/county-executive%E2%80%99s-recommendations-approved-legislature-fund-five-affordable-housing