New York puts $225 million behind clean water — so towns can build homes

New York State has opened a $225 million Clean Water for Housing programme, offering grants to help towns and cities build the drinking water, sewer and stormwater systems that new housing needs. Of the total, $175 million is available statewide and $50 million is reserved for rural municipalities, where ageing water systems often block new homes from being built at all. More than 460 communities certified as Pro-Housing Communities are eligible, with individual grants covering up to 75% of project costs. It is unglamorous infrastructure money — and it is what turns 'we need more homes' into pipes, taps and front doors.

SDG 6 · Clean water and sanitation — Mechanism: funding & finance