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    Public and Private Partnership Develops Affordable Mixed-Income Building for Jamaica, Queens

    Affordable Housing  •  Jamaica, Queens

    Image Credit: GF55 Partners/HPD

    The new building will have a variety of amenities and 111 parking spaces for residents. On February 12, 2019, HPD and HDC announced the completion of Alvista Towers, a 380-unit, affordable housing development in Jamaica, Queens. City agencies and private sector firms came together to develop this project as part of the City’s affordable housing initiative. The involved parties were the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), Council Member I. Daneek Miller, the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, Phoenix Realty Group, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Settlement Housing Fund, the New York City Housing Partnership, and Artimus as the developer of the project. The development was the result of the Special Downtown Jamaica Rezoning, which was adopted by the City in 2007 to foster transit-oriented development in Jamaica.

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    Tags : affordable housing, Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s Asset Sales Program, Housing Development Corporation, I. Daneek Miller, Jamaica, Queens
    Date:03/01/2019
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development
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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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