Background

Affordable housing, which can be either rental or home ownership provides a stepping stone for young families, a smaller, more manageable home for seniors, and creates housing for the local workforce.

In 2006 the Village of Ossining Village Board of Trustees adopted the Village of Ossining Affordable Housing Policy Statement. The Policy statement and the rules codified in Chapter 62 of the Village Code created the foundation of the Village’s Affordable Housing program.

The Comprehensive Plan, adopted in July 2009, also discussed and identified the need for affordable housing in the Village of Ossining.  The adopted Affordable Housing Policy and Comprehensive Plan resulted in the creation of a Village of Ossining Affordable Housing Law and its related Affordable Housing Rules and Regulations.