HUD/JOHNSON'S LETTER TO CROTON NOW ONLINE

Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools--in short, EverythingCroton.

As you may also know, NEWSDAY recently reported that the HUD monitor, unsatisfied with the zoning information provided by the county for the 31 municipalities in the Spano brokered housing settlement, sent letters directly to the municipalities to make inquiries into their specific zoning. Croton is one of those municipalities. A foil request was immediately submitted to the village for the HUD letter as the village was unlikely to put this information online. Everything Croton is making this available to the public instead.

Note the following from the letter and attachments: the sections reserved for what the federal monitor considers restrictive zoning practices, limitations or disallowing source of income, limitations on bedrooms, etc. (SEE ITEM #1 IN HUD'S COVER LETTER).  Detailed are those "restrictive zoning practices", as far as HUD is concerned, how many units of housing we are expected to accommodate, concerns from the public that were and have been ignored, etc.  Also note what the monitor says in Scan 11 below under IMPLICATIONS: THE VILLAGE WILL NOT SATISFY ITS OBLIGATION UNLESS IT ALLOWS FOR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING IN ADDITIONAL DISTRICTS OR PROVIDES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TYPES. THIS MAY REQUIRE LOOSENING THE RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESSORY UNITS OR EXPLORING POSSIBILITIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT. Click on the thumbnails to read the letter and attachments.