Yonkers seeks $400,816.80 in HUD HOME funds for Southwest Yonkers housing project
Yonkers is moving toward a federal release-of-funds request for the proposed rehabilitation and preservation of scattered-site affordable and supportive housing in Southwest Yonkers.
A July 16 city notice identifies Westhab in Yonkers, Inc. as the organization behind the Southwest Yonkers Scattered Site, or SWYSS, project. The city said it anticipated asking the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to release $400,816.80 in HOME Community Housing Development Organization funds for a project with a total estimated cost of $37,100,918.
The proposal involves 10 existing properties containing 96 residential units. The requested HOME funds would come from the city’s fiscal 2019, fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2022 HOME CHDO allocations. The notice says up to 11 units may be designated as HOME-assisted units; it does not say that all 96 units would receive HOME assistance.
Properties named in the proposal
The city notice lists SWYSS locations at:
- 5 Lawrence St.
- 12 Knowles St.
- 62/64 Elliot Ave.
- 93 and 97 Bruce Ave.
- 125, 129, 139/141 and 145 Elm St.
The notice lists nine address groupings while describing the project as covering 10 properties. This article follows the city’s wording without attempting to reconcile that count independently.
Work would focus on existing housing
SWYSS is described as a moderate-rehabilitation and preservation effort, not a proposal for a new apartment complex. Potential work includes exterior and building-envelope improvements, kitchen and bathroom renovations, replacement of building systems, energy-efficiency upgrades and, where feasible, electrification improvements.
For residents, the stated purpose is to improve building conditions and support the long-term viability, safety and energy performance of existing affordable and supportive housing. The notice does not establish a construction start date, rent changes, tenant displacement, resident eligibility changes or a detailed tenant-impact plan.
Yonkers’ HOME Program says the federal program can support affordable-housing construction, acquisition and rehabilitation, often in partnership with nonprofit groups. In this case, the requested HOME contribution would be a relatively small portion of the much larger proposed SWYSS budget.
Environmental review and next steps
The city determined that the project would have no significant impact on the human environment under the applicable federal review process, so an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act would not be required. That procedural finding does not guarantee that future rehabilitation work would involve no construction-related disruption.
The public notice set July 31, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. as the deadline for written comments on the environmental review. It said the city anticipated submitting its request for release of funds to HUD on or about August 3, 2026.
That anticipated date is not the same as confirmation that HUD received or approved the request. The notice provides for a potential 15-day objection period beginning after the anticipated submission date or HUD’s actual receipt of the request, whichever is later. As of Aug. 4, the precise objection deadline therefore cannot be established from the anticipated date alone.
The next major procedural step is HUD review of the city’s release-of-funds request and any qualifying objections. The city records do not document an approved HUD release, completed rehabilitation or a construction schedule.
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