# A Federal Solution to New York's Housing Crisis: The Case for the Green New Deal for Public Housing and the Homes Act

> A federal blueprint for housing justice in New York State, analyzing two landmark bills — the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act (GND4PH) and the Homes Act — and their combined potential to resolve New York's housing and public-housing crises.

This site is an advocacy and policy resource produced by the Climate & Community Project and Homes Act partners. It presents data-driven analysis, economic projections, and tenant stories to make the case for a two-pillar federal housing policy.

## Key Pages

- Homepage: https://thedualpillars.org/
- The Housing Crisis: https://thedualpillars.org/crisis
- Green New Deal for Public Housing: https://thedualpillars.org/green-new-deal
- The Homes Act: https://thedualpillars.org/homes-act
- Workers & Union Jobs: https://thedualpillars.org/workers
- Report (condensed summary): https://thedualpillars.org/report
- Policy Diagrams: https://thedualpillars.org/diagrams
- Take Action: https://thedualpillars.org/take-action

## Primary Document

Full policy report (PDF): https://thedualpillars.org/SHDA_NYS_Report.pdf

Title: A Federal Solution to New York's Housing Crisis: The Case for the Green New Deal for Public Housing and the Homes Act

## Summary

Pillar 1 — Green New Deal for Public Housing Act: Provides $234 billion over ten years to retrofit and repair existing NYCHA and public housing stock, creating an estimated 240,000 union jobs and addressing the $78 billion capital repair backlog.

Pillar 2 — The Homes Act: Establishes a federal social housing authority to finance construction of permanently affordable, tenant-controlled housing at scale, projecting 1.2 million new units nationally and 180,000 in New York State.

Together the two bills address both the repair crisis in existing public housing and the unmet demand for new affordable housing outside the speculative market.