Q&A
Comparison of rent collection rates in RAD/PACT vs traditional NYCHA properties
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Council Member Erik Bottcher inquires about the difference in rent collection rates between RAD/PACT developments and traditional public housing. NYCHA officials provide the following information:
- RAD/PACT developments have a 92% rent collection rate
- Traditional NYCHA public housing has a 68% rent collection rate
The chapter also includes a brief explanation of the outreach efforts in PACT sites, including: - Door knocking and in-person meetings - Connecting tenants to resources like HRA one-shot deals - Setting up repayment agreements for arrears
Erik Bottcher
0:45:21
Is there a difference in the percentage of tenants experiencing rent arrears in red pack developments versus traditional public housing?
0:45:35
Is it a higher percentage, a lower percentage, or is there no difference?
Gillian Connell
0:45:42
Doing that collection?
0:45:43
Yeah.
0:45:43
We can we can speak to the collection rate at pack sites.
0:45:46
So we look at the rent collection rate at pack sites on an annual basis.
0:45:51
And in 2023, it's 92%.
Erik Bottcher
0:45:56
What percentage?
0:45:57
92%.
0:45:58
So there was a 92% collection rate at the existing Rad Pak developments.
0:46:05
What's the collection rate at the traditional public housing night shift managed developments.
Annika Lescott-Martinez
0:46:11
68% currently.
Erik Bottcher
0:46:13
What accounts for the difference?
Gillian Connell
0:46:20
So, yep, so at the packed site, there's robust outreach that happens.
0:46:25
As mentioned, there's a set of housing and stability and retention guidelines that NICE has issued to all of our packed partners, which sets clear expectations about the outreach that they need to do when tenants are both in arrears and when there's another lease issue that needs to be addressed.
0:46:41
So the outreach includes things like door knocking, in person meetings by the packed partner, as well as also connecting them to resources like the HRA 1 shot deals, opportunities to set up repayment agreements to get them current on arrears.
