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Affordable Housing Fast Track

In November 2025, voters approved a Charter amendment creating the Affordable Housing Fast Track. Starting January 1, 2027, affordable housing projects in the 12 community districts that produced the least affordable housing over the past five years get a shorter public review. On October 1, 2026, the City published the 12 districts and the data behind the list. Here it is, broken down: every district’s rank, how it was calculated, where BKCB6 stands, and every project counted.

Source: NYC Department of City Planning, Affordable Housing Fast Track and its data, released October 1, 2026

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How it works

It covers the 12 community districts with the lowest rate of affordable housing production over the previous five years.
A project qualifies when its primary purpose is additional housing, including affordable housing, and it has Mandatory Inclusionary Housing levels of affordability or higher. DCP says that generally means 20 to 30 percent of the residential floor area is permanently affordable.
Qualifying projects get a 90-day public review instead of the full Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP).
Community boards keep the same 60-day review they have under ULURP, at the same time as the Borough President’s review. The project then goes to the City Planning Commission for review and a final vote.
Environmental review requirements and landmark protections do not change.
A new list of districts is set every five years.

Source: DCP, Affordable Housing Fast Track. More: DCP fact sheet · Mandatory Inclusionary Housing.

How the districts are ranked

DCP does not rank districts by how many affordable homes they built. It divides the new affordable homes by the homes a district already had, so large and small districts can be compared. The lowest 12 rates are the Fast Track districts. This cycle counts affordable housing from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2026.

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Every number is from DCP’s community district summary. A project counts once it has both an HPD start date and a DOB construction permit within the five years, per the adopted rule.

Every district, ranked

New affordable homes for every 100 homes a district had at the start of the cycle. Rank 1 is the lowest rate.

Every project counted

Each project DCP counted toward a district’s number: its HPD start date, its DOB job and permit date, and its affordable homes. The total matches the district’s number in the ranking.

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Timeline

November 4, 2025Voters approve the Charter amendments that create the Fast Track.
April 2026The City Planning Commission adopts the rule for picking the 12 districts.
October 1, 2026The City publishes the 12 Fast Track districts.
January 1, 2027The Fast Track takes effect.

Source: DCP, Affordable Housing Fast Track.

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