Episode 79 of Building Knowledge With The Building and Realty Institute (BRI) takes a deep dive into how the Village of Port Chester in Westchester County is putting its Smart Growth Housing Plan into action — and seeing results.

Our guest, Stuart Rabin, Village Manager of Port Chester, shared insights on the driving forces behind the village’s housing strategy, its goals, and the roadblocks along the way. The conversation covered:

1. What sparked the creation of Port Chester’s Smart Growth Plan for Housing
2. The key objectives behind the plan — then and now
3. The challenges village officials have encountered during implementation
4. Completed developments that have expanded the village’s housing stock
5. What’s currently proposed or in progress
6. Rabin’s perspective on whether local and state leaders have become more attuned to the urgent need for Affordable and Workforce Housing in the metro area
7. His take on the biggest housing-related challenges facing municipalities in Westchester and the Mid-Hudson region — and what it will take to solve them

This episode offers a grounded, firsthand look at smart growth in action — and what other communities can learn from Port Chester’s approach.