Affordable Housing Fast Track Proposed Rules Released

On February 13, 2026, the Department of City Planning (DCP) released a proposed rule to implement the Affordable Fast Track amendments to the City Charter. Adopted on November 4, 2025, as one of four major pro-housing modifications to the City Charter, Affordable Fast Track created an expedited land use approval process for zoning applications that would deliver affordable housing in the 12 Community Districts with the lowest rate of affordable housing production over a five-year period. The new Section 197-f of the City Charter calls for the City Planning Commission, in consultation with the Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), to develop a methodology to identify the Community Districts in which Affordable Fast Track will apply. In these districts, no City Council review will be required for land use actions otherwise subject to the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), and the other ULURP steps will be abbreviated, provided that the