Rochester is seeing something of a boom in affordable housing construction, with last week’s official opening of Alta Vista just north of downtown being the latest example.
The state tallies 4,700 units built, renovated, under construction or in the city’s pipeline since 2022 – leading the Finger Lakes region, and any other part of the state outside of New York City.
The high number is the result of an influx in state funding, adding to local support, unleashing the area’s unusually deep bench of developers well-versed in these types of projects. Developers like Ibero, Home Leasing, CDS Housing and Conifer, Depaul, Landsman, Pathstone, Providence, Cornerstone. The list goes on…