Brian Hubert reports in the Daily Freeman that Bartek Starodaj, Kingston's director of housing initiatives, said on Feb. 29 that 90 new housing units of all types have been approved in six months under the city’s new form-based zoning code. Very little affordable housing has been built anywhere in the Hudson Valley recently, although many officials are discussing the housing crisis. Kingston Mayor Steve Noble has a goal of approving 1,000 housing units in the city by 2029. Starodaj said, “Based on the projects coming together we will meet that 1000 new homes by 2029 goal and possibly before it." The 1,000 number, he said, is not just randomly chosen. He said, “It’s about a three percent growth rate annually, and we think that’s attainable." Read more about this story in the Daily Freeman.