Bronx housing project tests out ballot measure’s speedier approval process

A housing project in the Bronx will go through a speedier land use review process, the first to test out one of three housing-related ballot measures approved by voters in November.  The Powerhouse Apartments project will go through the Expedited Land Use Review Procedure, or Elurp, which will last 90 days instead of the usual 200-plus days required under the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.  Developers Lemle & Wolff Companies, HELPDevCo and True Development New York plan to add 84 affordable housing units to the site at 351 Powers Avenue, which is currently being used as a parking lot for […] This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.