PRESENTATION
Tamia Perry, CEO, Co-founder, Urban Ecospaces Presents Affordable Housing Project in Midland Beach and South Beach, Staten Island
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6 min
Tamia Perry, CEO of Urban Ecospaces, presents their plan to build 23 units of affordable housing across 15 sites in Midland Beach and South Beach, Staten Island.
- The project includes 8 two-family homes where owners can rent out one unit, and 7 single-family homes
- Unit sizes range from 800 to 2,100 sq ft, with a mix of 1, 2, and 3 bedrooms
- Sales prices target moderate incomes from 80% to 130% AMI, ranging from $293,000 to $466,000
- Rental prices range from $1,900 to $2,500 per month
- Homes will be elevated and utilize resilient construction to withstand flooding
- Modular construction techniques will be used for efficiency and reduced waste
Tamia Perry
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Hi.
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I'm Tamir Perry, and I'm here on behalf of Urban Eaglespaces.
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We serve as the developer for the project.
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I'm gonna provide a little context about what it is that we're proposing to build, but I also just wanna provide some background because my company's real estate development and construction firm.
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And we were heavily involved in rebuilding of Staten Island after Hurricane Sandy.
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We worked as a general contractor on many projects and had the opportunity to do work, not just in Staten Island, but also in Brooklyn and Queens as well.
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And we did the most work in Staten Island.
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We we probably completed 90 homes.
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Which was some of the homes were repaired, some of the homes were modular construction homes.
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And even though we did 90 homes, 50 of those in Staten Island.
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So we developed a deep connection to the community.
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So when this project came along, we were very eager to continue our work that we had done as part of Hurricane Sandy rebuilding.
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Just in terms of this project, As was mentioned, there are 14 sites in Midland Beach.
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There's also one south one site in South Beach for a total of 15 sites.
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We're proposing to build 23 units of affordable housing.
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As mentioned, they will be broken down into 82 family homes and 7 single family homes.
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So in terms of the home ownership opportunity, 8 of the homes that are home that are owned, those homeowners will have the opportunity if they choose to rent 1 of their units to help subsidize the cost of the home?
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The units will be a variety of sizes, the homes range in square foot size of 800 square feet to over 22100 square feet.
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Some of the lots are smaller lots, and the unit sizes are broken down as 11, 3 bedrooms, 8, 2 bedrooms, and 41 bedrooms.
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So we've tried to max advised to the extent that we could, the amount of bedrooms that we provided for each unit, obviously dealing with the size of the lot.
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The sales prices will be affordable for moderate income households that lie within the 80% to a 130% area median income.
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And because the sites were sites that were previously damaged as a result of the hurricane, a lot of effort went into making sure that the builds are going to be resilient to the extent that another natural disaster occurs, we want to ensure that the homes are able to withstand any future flood events, any future wind events, any future rain events.
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So the design that's been included as part of the project is is utilizing materials that are gonna help.
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Resiliency as well as sustainability, as well as energy efficiency, which I'll I'll talk a little bit about on the next slide.
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Next slide, please.
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So one of the most critical things that we're doing is that the homes are gonna be elevated.
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Right?
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So to the extent that another flood comes through.
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The lower level of the home will be empty.
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Should water come through again.
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The water will just flow through the home and not damage any of the critical mechanical and electrical equipment that's in the home.
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We've decided to utilize a modular construction approach for this project, which means that the majority of the home will be built off-site in a factory controlled environment.
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There are a number of advantages to using modular construction.
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1 is efficiency.
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A home can be built in a modular factory within seven and three quarter days.
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It generates less waste and it creates less impact to the community because there's less noise, there's less construction going on.
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And because it's producing assembly line fashion, fashion that it's able to be produced in a much more energy efficient manner.
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We're working with a modular manufacturer in Staten Island that was also integral to the build to back program when Hurricane Sandy happens.
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So they're well familiar with building in the community.
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Each of the homes will be certified under the enterprise green community standards ensuring that the homes are energy efficient.
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And some of the enable measures that we're intending to include are energy efficient windows, LED lighting, spray foam insulation, 30 year roofs, and water since fixed measures.
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In addition to being energy efficient, one of the great things is that over the course of the long term, it is gonna cost less for a homeowner to maintain their home.
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By having these elements in the home.
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Next slide, please.
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Project is being developed under HPD's open door program.
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And as part of that program, all homes have to be sold the first time home values.
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So if you previously owned a home, you would not be eligible to purchase one of these homes.
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The anticipated area median incomes as we discussed are between 80 to a 130%.
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And we provided some initial sales prices.
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These are the sales price the projected sales prices that we intend to sell homes to the community once they're completed.
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So as you can see, with the 71 families, the projected sales prices will range between 293,000 to 431,000.
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And the projected sales prices prices for the 82 families or 355,000 to 466,000.
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These houses present a substantial discount.
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As we all know, it's almost impossible to buy a house for for these numbers.
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So it's offering the opportunity for people who otherwise wouldn't be able to own a home to own a home.
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For the original for the rental units, we're proposing projected rents that will range between 1900 to 25100 depending upon whether you have a one 2 or 3 bedroom.
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And I think here, we we have a breakout just so just so everyone can see if the unit types, which we've discussed.
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Again, it 41 Bedrooms, 82 Bedrooms, and 11 3 Bedrooms for a total of 23 units.
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And that's all we have for our presentation.
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We thank you for the opportunity to present and we're very excited about the project, and we hope that the community is as well.