Mayor Bill de Blasio announced two laws that shine a spotlight on both public and private vacant land to further accelerate the production of affordable housing. This legislation is the latest effort to help the City reach its goal of building 300,000 affordable homes over the next decade.
Local Law of 2017 guarantees legal representation in Housing Court for qualified low-income tenants who face eviction proceedings. The lawyers will be provided by nonprofit legal organizations with funding from the City.
The Brownsville Plan, is a community-based planning process that focused on working with residents, elected officials, community based organizations and government agencies to develop short term projects for future development.
To serve the neediest families, the City is committed to improving the fairness and efficiency of housing allocations to qualified households. (HPD) & DCA examine how households’ financial experience, knowledge, and history affect the affordable housing application and selection process.
The report describes the implementation of Local Law 101 of 2015, requires enforcement action against owners who fail to repair hazardous and inoperable elevators to be made by the Department of Buildings (DOB) to the Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD).