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    Innovative Shared-Use Building to Bring Affordable Housing and Modern Library to Sunset Park

    Affordable Housing  •  Sunset Park, Brooklyn

    Image Credit: Magnusson Architecture and Planning/HPD

    The shared-use building is expected to be completed in December 2020. On February 6, 2019, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer announced that HPD is joining Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc., Brooklyn Public Library, and New York State Homes and Community Renewal in bringing a new, first of its kind, shared-use model building to Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The eight-story building will house both Sunset Park’s new state-of-the-art public library and 49 deeply affordable apartments. The project was financed through $35.5 million in public and private investment.

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    Tags : affordable housing, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Public Library, Fifth Avenue Committee Inc., Housing Preservation and Development, Maria Torres-Springer, New York State Homes and Community Renewal, Sunset Park
    Date:02/20/2019
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development
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    Construction Begins at The Doe Fund’s New Bronx Affordable and Supportive Housing Development

    Affordable Housing  •  Bedford Park/Special Grand Concourse District, Bronx

    The Doe Fund breaks ground on affordable housing development at 3188 Villa Avenue in the Bronx. Image credit: The Doe Fund.

    The development will provide onsite supportive services for residents. On December 7, 2018, The Doe Fund broke ground at 3188 Villa Avenue, located in the Bedford Park/Special Grand Concourse District of the Bronx to begin construction of a 68-unit affordable and supportive housing development. The Doe Fund is partnering with Chase Community Development Banking to finance the construction, as well as the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, NYCHA, the Corporation for Supportive Housing, and the Human Resources Administration. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, construction, housing development, Ready, supportive housing, supportive services, The Doe Fund, Willing & Able
    Date:01/02/2019
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development
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    Construction Begins for Nearly 1,000-Unit Affordable Housing Development in Coney Island

    Affordable Housing  •  Coney Island, Brooklyn

    Rendering of development. Image credit: HPD/Handel Architects LLP.

    The mixed-use development will include affordable units, deployable food barriers, and retail frontage. On November 1, 2018, New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced that the start of construction of a block-sized development on Surf Avenue in Coney Island that will provide below-market-rate housing, retail, and office space to the community. The mixed-use development is projected to cost $253.9 million and will offer 446 affordable units, ranging from studios to two-bedrooms, to formerly homeless and low-income locals. The complex will have two other structures that will add approximately 500 more units of affordable housing, totaling nearly 1,000 units. The development is being led by HPD along with the Housing Development Corporation, BFC Partners, L+M Development Partners, and Taconic Investment Partners. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, affordable housing buildings, Coney Island, Handel Architects LLP, HPD
    Date:11/14/2018
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development
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    Pilot Program Will Require Certification of No Harassment Before Approval of Construction Permits

      •  Citywide

    Building owners denied certification may not significantly alter their buildings for five years. On October 12, 2018, the de Blasio Administration announced the application of the Certification of No Harassment (CONH) Pilot Program, which seeks to expand tenant harassment protections. The program will require buildings to meet certain criteria to certify that no previous tenant-harassment has occurred prior to obtaining construction permits for significant alterations to their property. CONH currently applies to more than 1,000 buildings, totaling to approximately 26,000 units protected under the program. (read more…)

    Tags : Buildings, certification, Certification of No Harrassment, CONH, construction permit, DOB, HPD, pilot program, Tenant Harassment
    Date:10/24/2018
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development, Mayor
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    HPD and HDC Announce Vacant Lot Will Be Transformed Into 79-Unit Affordable Housing Development

    Affordable Housing  •  Central Harlem, Manhattan

    The new affordable housing development will also include a community space that houses a local church and a non-profit organization. On October 4, 2018, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Housing Development Corporation announced the start of the construction of a 79-unit affordable housing development on a previously vacant city-owned lot in Harlem. HPD and HDC partnered with Lemor Development, TD Bank, Street Corner Resources, and the Downtown Baptist Church of Christ for the project. The project seeks to create a mixed-income affordable housing and a new commercial and community facility space. (read more…)

    Date:10/12/2018
    Category : Housing Development Corporation, Housing Preservation & Development
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