What is Mandatory Inclusionary Housing?

  • Made By CUP With:
  • Community Partners
  • Tags:
  • Housing,
  • Land Use

This foldout explains a policy called Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) that requires developers to set aside parts of their buildings as “affordable housing."

Participants review the foldout during a workshop.

New York City’s zoning laws control what can and can’t be built in different neighborhoods. When the city changes (or rezones) a neighborhood to allow for bigger residential buildings, a policy called Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) requires developers to set aside parts of their buildings as “affordable housing.” But how does it work? And who can actually afford to live there?

To help communities experiencing rezonings understand MIH, CUP created What is Mandatory Inclusionary Housing? with our community partners throughout the city and design studio L+L. The foldout explains all you need to know about how MIH works and how you can get involved in the process.

What Is Mandatory Inclusionary Housing? is being distributed by advocacy groups across the city who are organizing community members in neighborhoods going through a rezoning. It was created through CUP’s Know Rezoning initiative to support historically marginalized communities in New York City experiencing rezonings.

Participants review the foldout during a workshop.
A community member reading the foldout during a workshop.

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Project Collaborators

Designer

L+L
Liz Seibert Turow
Leigh Mignogna
Drew Litowitz


Special Thanks

Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD), Community Development Project, Hester Street, Pratt Center for Community Development, and David Knowles.

Product Details

8.5″ × 11″ color pamphlet; unfolds to 8.5″ × 17″ poster

Funding Support

Support for this project was provided by the Neighborhoods First Fund for Community Based Planning.