Enacts the "sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act" to exempt or limit environmental review for certain new residential units.

The bill enacts the "sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act," which exempts or limits environmental review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) for the construction of certain new residential units. It aims to avoid creating unnecessary housing sprawl. The bill exempts actions for construction of new multiple dwellings that meet specific criteria, such as being located in urbanized areas or urban clusters, being on previously disturbed land, qualifying as affordable housing, and not being in areas projected to experience flooding.

Enacts the "sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act" to exempt or limit environmental review for certain new residential units.

The bill enacts the "sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act," which exempts or limits environmental review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) for the construction of certain new residential units. It aims to avoid creating unnecessary housing sprawl. The bill exempts actions for construction of new multiple dwellings that meet specific criteria, such as being located in urbanized areas or urban clusters, being on previously disturbed land, qualifying as affordable housing, and not being in areas projected to experience flooding.