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Liberty Street Housing - Monticello (Application Phase 12)

Description

A modification agreement with the county's architects for design of the proposed Gateway/Liberty Street housing project was tabled until October over HHAP grant competitiveness concerns.

Impact summary

The project would create supportive housing but the county is holding off spending $375,000 on design until it's confident it can win the state grant.

Applicant

Name: Chianis+ Anderson Architects, PLLC
Address: Liberty Street, Monticello, NY

At a glance

Hearings: 1
Public comments: 0
Total mentions: 1

Last vote · Executive Committee

Tabled8–0, unanimous

Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 17, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Sep 17, 2026Tabled 8–0

Executive Committee — September 17, 2026

A modification agreement with the county's architects for design of the proposed Gateway/Liberty Street housing project was tabled until October over HHAP grant competitiveness concerns.

Related issues (1)

Legislative ethics and $8 million housing opportunity lost

The county chose a Liberty project for a $1 million state grant to build public infrastructure supporting affordable workforce housing — about 125 rental units for people at 50-80% of median income. Some committee members say the process moved too fast and skipped community input, and that a Fallsburg project already approved by its town board was a safer bet.

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