QUESTION
What models of communal housing is NYC Aging exploring, and is there collaboration with HPD?
1:05:44
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44 sec
Council Member Linda Lee asks about communal housing models for older adults in lower density areas and the NYC Department for the Aging's collaboration with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).
- Linda Lee inquires about the types of communal housing the NYC Department for the Aging is considering for older adults.
- Lee questions the collaboration with HPD, especially in lower density neighborhoods, recognizing the difficulty in obtaining approvals.
- She seeks advice on how the council could assist in overcoming these challenges, underlining the community's interest in such housing solutions.
- The interaction ends with an agreement for follow-up discussions to address the concerns.
Linda Lee
1:05:44
So this is also related to housing and HPD because I'm the way, Eastern Queens, where we are a transit desert, and we have a very high population of older adults.
Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez
1:05:53
And growing.
Linda Lee
1:05:54
And growing.
1:05:55
Yes.
1:05:55
Yes.
1:05:56
For sure.
1:05:56
So that presents a few challenges.
1:05:58
So my first question I have to is around just the models that you might be looking into for communal housing.
1:06:05
And if you are talking to HPD about that in lower density neighborhoods, because I know that they've had challenges getting approvals, and so just wanted to know how you could champion, how we could be helpful because this is definitely something that our neighborhoods would want, but I know it does create a lot of challenges.
Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez
1:06:23
Yeah.
1:06:24
I'll follow-up
Linda Lee
1:06:24
with you.
1:06:24
And you yes.
1:06:25
If you could follow-up with, yeah, the that'd be great.