Alexis Pelosi, who is senior advisor for climate at the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), visited Yonkers for a tour of several Yonkers Housing Authority (YHA) sites and development projects. With Pelosi from HUD was Justin Scheid of HUD’s Office of Field Policy and Management. Mayor Mike Spano and Wilson Kimball who is the CEO of YHA were among the local officials escorting the HUD representatives.
Among the projects visited was the La Mora Senior Housing complex, which now is under construction. La Mora is one of the few modular housing sites in the country using the Passive House model, which conserves energy and is self-sufficient and hardened against weather emergencies.
They also visited Loehr Court and Palisade Towers to look at major renovations undertaken at those sites. They also made a stop at the Ridgeway development, which is located at the former Cottage Place Gardens public housing site.
“The Yonkers Housing Authority was proud to welcome HUD to Yonkers to see the many ways our mayor and the Housing Authority are preserving affordability while striving to meet the future needs for new, resilient, climate friendly affordable housing,” Kimball said.
Alexis Pelosi is married to Laurence Pelosi, a nephew of House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. She was a founder with her husband of the Pelosi Ziblatt Law Group in San Francisco.
