The Buffalo Chronicle
Affordable housing
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Niagara County’s sewers hit their limit, and Lewiston moves to pause bigger developments
[PREMIUM] Lewiston’s sewage plant ran about 320,000 gallons a day over its state permit after a wet summer. On Monday the Town Board takes up a six-month pause on sewer approvals for…
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A state broadband grant for Buffalo’s affordable housing has grown 67% while its promised reach shrank by a third
[PREMIUM] Empire State Development wants to raise a ConnectALL grant for low-cost fiber in Greater Buffalo affordable housing to $4.75 million, even as the number of homes it would reach has fallen…
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A Rochester developer bets factory-built homes can fill Buffalo’s vacant lots for about $175,000
Cook Properties is buying 18 city lots for unsubsidized modular homes, starting on Northampton Street. Its plan comes as Albany funds factory-built starter homes elsewhere and the White House orders a review…
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Want more starter homes in Western New York? Start with the minimum lot size
A new American Enterprise Institute paper argues that minimum lot-size rules quietly block starter homes. Amherst’s zoning code, and a pending North French Road rezoning, show what that looks like in Western…
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Salvation Army opens Hope on Main shelter, first piece of a $100 million Main Street redevelopment
The Salvation Army opened an 80-bed family shelter at 954 Main St., the $20.5 million first phase of Hope on Main. Next on the site: 143 affordable apartments and 17 townhouses.
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Western New York won a third of MOVE-IN NY’s starter-home money. Here is where its 96 homes stand
[PREMIUM] Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Lackawanna and the Town of Tonawanda won about $29 million to place 96 factory-built starter homes. Records show lots identified and approvals under way in some communities, and…
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New York’s $225 million water-for-housing fund is open only to Pro-Housing towns. Many WNY suburbs aren’t certified yet
The state’s new Clean Water for Housing grants pay up to 75% of water and sewer work tied to new homes, first come, first served. HCR’s dashboard lists 12 certified municipalities in…
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Trump order aims to trim mortgage insurance and refinance costs as Buffalo-area prices climb
President Trump signed an executive order directing federal housing agencies to cancel mortgage insurance sooner, make cheaper refinancing permanent and speed up factory-built housing. Here’s what it could mean in Buffalo, where…
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Ottawa and Ontario pay Windsor, Essex County and Sudbury to slash development charges as Niagara waits
Canada and Ontario committed up to $235.5 million to Windsor, Tecumseh, Essex County and Greater Sudbury in exchange for cutting or eliminating development charges on new homes. Niagara Region’s applications are still…
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A vacant Swan Street corner is slated for housing. Tests found lead at 50 times the residential cleanup limit
A developer who grew up nearby wants to build apartments and affordable townhomes at Swan and Chicago streets. His consultant’s tests found lead, mercury and buried tanks, and the state is taking…
