Q&A
Council Member Brewer inquires about uncollected money owed to HPD
1:53:36
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer discusses the issue of uncollected money owed to the Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) with HPD representatives. She inquires about the process of collecting fines and the amount of money owed to HPD by property owners.
- Brewer mentions a previous study that found $2.1 billion in uncollected money.
- HPD representatives state they are working on getting an updated report on uncollected funds from the Department of Finance.
- The report is expected to cover the last 2-3 years of uncollected money owed to HPD.
Gale A. Brewer
1:53:36
Thank you, Bruno.
1:53:37
Very quickly.
1:53:38
So when I asked Ibeo, they did a study of uncollected money.
1:53:42
It was 2,100,000,000, and I then go to oath.
1:53:46
And oath says that, you know, when they can't collect something, somebody gets a judgment.
1:53:52
And then it goes, I assume, like you mentioned, 3.6 on the 8 EP as an example of what's not collect or what's assessed.
1:53:59
Mhmm.
1:54:00
So my question is that then I think it goes to finance because finance is then supposed to collect But do you have any sense of or maybe that's just finance of how much is owed to HPD?
1:54:10
Because some of these owners, I don't know if they ever pay.
1:54:13
Do you have any sense of that, or that's just finance?
Gardea Caphart
1:54:18
So it's near its finance.
1:54:19
So we haven't received a a report for a while because glitch, but we are working with them to get the latest report, and we'll be happy to share as soon as we have.
Gale A. Brewer
1:54:26
Can you share that with the chair when you get it?
Wendell Walters
1:54:28
Good with the chair.
Gale A. Brewer
1:54:29
And that would be, like, for the last year, 2 years, what kind of time period are you looking at?
Gardea Caphart
1:54:34
Over the last 2 or 3 years or so.
Gale A. Brewer
1:54:37
Okay.
1:54:37
Thank you, ma'am.