TESTIMONY
James Dill, Executive Director of Housing And Services Inc., on the Reallocation of NY 1515 Housing and Resource Units
5:13:19
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James Dill, Executive Director of Housing And Services Inc., urges for the reallocation of NY 1515 housing units and resources to better address chronic homelessness.
- Advocates for the reallocation of NY 1515 housing units to focus more on congregate units rather than an equal distribution between congregate and scatter site units.
- Highlights challenges of sustaining the current 5050 allocation due to market conditions, projecting failures in providing adequate housing.
- Expresses concerns that current market conditions risk making Housing and Services Inc. a provider of substandard housing, exacerbating homelessness.
- Supports the 1515 initiative's goal but stresses the need for a revised allocation and additional funding for compliance with local laws.
- Commits to submitting written testimony to further emphasize their stance.
James Dill
5:13:19
I'm Jane Dill, executive director of Housing And Services Inc.
5:13:23
We are permanent support a 1000 provider with 625 congregate units and 100 Scatterside units.
5:13:32
Herbited support of housing is a time tested thus cost effective at a main way with any chronic homelessness.
5:13:39
We are members of the support of housing network in New York, and we support all these networks out of x z points for this hearing.
5:13:47
I urge the committee to support the proposed reallocation of NY 1515 housing units and resources.
5:13:54
The city's 1515 initiative to create 15,000 supportive housing units within 15 years is both the both necessary step and homelessness.
5:14:05
However, it's 5050 allocation to congregate and scatter site housing is not sustainable as the current market does not provide acceptable housing units to support the 7500 Skatter Site muted allocation.
5:14:20
We constantly struggle with our current Skatter Site program to find and maintain a central housing units, we constantly fear that market conditions could ultimately make us a provider of substandard housing.
5:14:32
In that event, we would be part of the problem and not part of the solution.
5:14:36
We have little intention in applying for 1515 scatterside units.
5:14:41
We applaud the 1515 targeting program, which is fundamental for the development of our newest 107 unit project.
5:14:49
We are seeking to apply again with the new congregate project.
5:14:53
The 15 15 program is crucial.
5:14:55
It should not fail due to the law pull on 5050 allocation.
5:14:59
We urge the committee to support the reallocation of 1515 Skidersight Resources to do congregate units and to provide for the preservation of our 1st generated supportive monitoring and desperately needs additional funding to comply with local law 97.
5:15:17
I thank you for your time.
5:15:18
We will submit written testimony.
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