HOUSING MONITOR TO CONDUCT ANALYSIS ...On May 28, Board of Legislators Chairman Mike Kaplowitz, a Somers Democrat, announced the federally appointed court monitor overseeing implementation of the settlement between Westchester and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, Jim Johnson, will complete an analysis known as the Huntington test, which determines whether municipalities have exclusionary zoning based on race. The Huntington test has been the sticking point in concluding the settlement. This marks the latest progress on the housing settlement front after the Board of Legislators, on April 24, took over negotiations from the administration of Republican County Executive Rob Astorino, which had battled HUD over the settlement for years. Kaplowitz said, in the spirit of cooperation and rejuvenated talks, the court monitor has agreed to conduct the Huntington test on behalf of the county at no cost to the taxpayers. The test is a component of the analysis of impediments, a review of the barriers affecting the rights of fair housing choice and is a requirement of the county as part of the 2009 settlement. The Huntington test was created after the 1988 court case NAACP v. Town of Huntington, which found the Long Island Town of Huntington’s zoning ordinance restricted multifamily housing to a section of the town that was already largely minority and would have “the effect of perpetuating segregation in the town.” To date, the county has submitted eight analyses of impediments. HUD rejected them all, saying they were incomplete because the Huntington test was not included..... ryecityreview/housing-monitor-to-conduct-analysis/
Posted on: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:40:02 +0000
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