QUESTION
Does HPD physically inspect completed rehabilitation work under the J51 program to ensure compliance and quality?
1:06:58
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The council member asks if the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) physically goes to inspect rehabilitation work done under the J51 program to verify it was completed properly.
- The deputy commissioner confirms that HPD does physically inspect completed J51 work to ensure compliance.
- For other HPD programs, benefits are provided first and then HPD inspects that the promised work was done.
- For J51, the work must be completed before the tax abatement benefit is granted.
- Under a new program component, owners must apply within 4 months of finishing work so HPD can promptly inspect it.
Pierina Ana Sanchez
1:06:58
Does does HPD go and and review or inspect the work that was promised?
Kim Darga
1:07:04
Oh, so for our other programs, absolutely.
1:07:07
It's this is different because the work has to be done before we grant the benefit and the other programs that we administer in preservation, we provide a benefit.
1:07:17
People do the work, and then they have to sort that the work is complete.
1:07:22
Or we actually if it's a loan, we are actually processing requisitions.
1:07:28
Based on completion of the work.
1:07:30
So, yes, either way there's a process.
1:07:33
It's just it differs a little bit whether it's a loan or in this case.
1:07:38
The abatement program.
Pierina Ana Sanchez
1:07:40
So in in J51, in the case of J51, does HPD physically go and inspect that the way
Kim Darga
1:07:46
yes.
1:07:46
We do.
1:07:47
Okay.
1:07:47
We inspect to make sure.
1:07:48
And in the new program, we're actually really excited that owners have to have completed completed.
1:07:56
They have to apply to us within 4 months of completing the work so that we can actually get out there pretty quickly.
1:08:02
After they've finished the work to verify that it has been done.
Pierina Ana Sanchez
1:08:13
I'd like to acknowledge that we've been joined by Council member Feliz, and I'm gonna turn it quickly over to council member wrestler who is unsuspecting for a follow-up question.