RE-ZONING PERILS, THE EASTCHESTER LAWSUIT: FOR THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO INSIST THAT ANY LOW INCOME, AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILT IN CROTON CAN BE RESERVED FIRST FOR CROTON RESIDENTS....A $635K PLUS LESSON EASTCHESTER HAS JUST LEARNED

For years, Eastchester’s zoning code provided Section 8 housing preferences to existing town residents, giving them first crack when the federally subsidized units became available. The measure helped older residents age in place by giving them priority for its housing assistance program, officials of the Westchester town said. But in a community that’s about 85 percent white, opponents said it also perpetuated existing racial disparities at the expense of Black and Latino applicants. One of those opponents, the Fair Housing Justice Center, challenged the town’s Section 8 housing preference rule in a lawsuit. MORE AT https://therealdeal.com/2021/06/15/discrimination-suit-prompts-eastchester-to-change-section-8-housing-policy/