BY SPECIAL REQUEST: THE EASTCHESTER ZONING CODE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO EXISTING TOWN RESIDENTS, 2021, THE DISCRMINATION LAWSUIT

To the readers requesting this info, this is from mid-2021.  Of course, you should make additional inquiries:

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/