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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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    Greenpoint Hospital To Become Affordable Housing

    Affordable Housing  •  Greenpoint, Brooklyn

    Rendering of Greenpoint Hospital Site. Image Credit: Architecture Outfit and Magnusson Architecture and Planning/NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

    Former hospital site will feature 512 affordable units and a new shelter for New Yorkers experiencing homelessness. On September 13, 2018, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development announced that a team had been selected to transform the Greenpoint Hospital site into a mixed-use development. The new development located at 288 Jackson Street will feature approximately 512 affordable units and a new shelter for 200 New Yorkers. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Brooklyn, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Hospital
    Date:09/26/2018
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development
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    669 Affordable Units Preserved in New York City Neighborhoods

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide

    Preservation of Section 8 properties will prevent conversion to market-rate housing. On August 15, 2018, the Housing Preservation and Development, the Housing Development Corporation, and the LIHC Investment Group announced the preservation of 669 units of project-based Section 8 housing in high-cost City neighborhoods where similar buildings have been converted to market-rate housing. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Article XI, high-cost neighborhoods, Section 8, section8
    Date:08/23/2018
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development
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    Nearly 900 Affordable Homes To Be Built In Brownsville

    Affordable Housing  •  Brownsville, Brooklyn

    Three-City owned sites will be developed to provide affordable housing, art and media centers, and commercial space. On July 26, 2018, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development announced plans for nearly 900 affordable homes in Brownsville, Brooklyn. This announcement updates the commitments made in the Brownsville Plan, which originally included building 880 units on three-City owned sites and infrastructure upgrades. According to HPD, the Plan is the result of a community-driven process to identify neighborhood goals, form strategies to address local needs and find resources to fill gaps in service. The Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, the NYC Department of Transportation, and the NYC Housing Development Corporation are working together with HPD on the Brownsville Plan. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Brownsville, Housing Preservation and Development, NYCx Co-Lab Challenges
    Date:08/08/2018
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development
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    Affordable Units To Be Built In Downtown Far Rockaway

    Affordable Housing  •  Downtown Far Rockaway, Brooklyn

    Rendering of new development on Beach 21st Street. Image credit: HPD.

    Project will provide large number of affordable housing to recently rezoned neighborhood. On July 11, 2018, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Member Donovan Richards announced the two projects in the Downtown Far Rockaway area that will create over 670 units of affordable housing following the Downtown Far Rockaway rezoning approval ten months ago. The project is also being led by the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Housing Development Corporation. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Brooklyn, council, De Blasio, Downtown Far Rockaway, housing, HPD
    Date:07/23/2018
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development
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