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Relocation plans for FEC residents during redevelopment
3:20:46
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Council Member Chris Banks questions NYCHA officials about relocation plans for Fulton/Elliott-Chelsea (FEC) residents during the redevelopment process. NYCHA provides details on available vacant units and the relocation strategy.
- NYCHA has enough vacant units within FEC developments to accommodate temporary relocations
- Only about 4% of households (under 120) will need temporary relocation during construction
- NYCHA is developing a HUD-required relocation plan with a relocation specialist
- The plan aims to keep relocated tenants within their home communities to ensure better tracking and guarantee their right to return
Chris Banks
3:20:46
Okay.
3:20:50
NYCHA's metrics on the dashboard shows that as of January 2025, there are no vacant apartments in the FEC developments.
3:21:00
However, NYCHA has previously stated that residents who would need to relocate would be moved into the into a vacant vacant night unit units within FEC developments or other nearby affordable housing units.
3:21:16
How many vacant units are there currently at the FEC developments?
3:21:22
And if there are no or fewer vacant units, where will residents be relocated to?
Jonathan Gouveia
3:21:28
Currently, there are enough vacant units to relocate, temporarily relocate everyone from Fulton 11 and Chelsea Edition.
3:21:38
So those residents can be accommodated at their host community if they so choose.
Chris Banks
3:21:45
Repeat that again.
Jonathan Gouveia
3:21:46
We have enough vacant units at Fulton Houses which could then accommodate residents who would have to be temporarily relocated from Fulton 11, which would be the first building at Fulton to be rebuilt.
3:21:58
Similarly, have enough vacant units at Elliott Chelsea to accommodate residents from Chelsea addition who would be temporarily relocated from that building so it can get rebuilt.
Chris Banks
3:22:08
Okay.
3:22:09
How does NYCHA intend to fill vacant units at the FEC developments for relocation?
3:22:17
How does NYCHA plan to move relocating tenants to the top of the wait list?
Eve
3:22:25
So
Simon Kawitzky
3:22:30
NYCHA has been reserving vacant apartments as tenants have been leaving at the Fulton Elliot Chelsea campuses for this explicit purpose of accommodating temporary moves.
3:22:39
For under 120 households are going to have to temporarily relocate while the new building denser new buildings are going up.
3:22:48
That represents just about 6%, or actually I think it's about 4%, of the total number of households that will have to temporarily relocate.
3:22:56
Everybody else will move directly into their new home once the new buildings are constructed.
3:23:03
As part of the whole process for facilitating the relocations, we're working to develop a HUD required relocation plan with a relocation specialist who would be responsible for working directly with households to assess their needs, support them during that move process, and ensure that they're accommodated with an appropriately sized apartment.
Chris Banks
3:23:27
Okay.
3:23:29
And how does NYCHA plan to keep track of these relocated tenants?
Simon Kawitzky
3:23:35
So that's part of the relocation plan that's under development right now.
3:23:39
This is something that many other housing authorities have done in other jurisdictions.
3:23:45
And so the process of tracking households is done by the liaison, as well as with NYCHA.
3:23:53
But again, part of the reason that we are facilitating temporary relocations within the home campuses is so that we don't lose anybody.
3:24:04
We don't want people to move off-site into private developments not managed by NYCHA, where there could be a risk of losing track of folks.
3:24:12
So having everybody within our communities will allow us to keep better track of everybody and ensure that they're guaranteed the right to return to their newly constructed home at the appropriate time.
Chris Banks
3:24:25
Alright.
3:24:26
Since January 2021, how many FEC tenants have been offered a section eight voucher to move out of the development?
Simon Kawitzky
3:24:37
I'm not aware that anybody has been offered a section eight voucher in connection with this project, but I can look into that and get back to you.
Chris Banks
3:24:45
Can you repeat that again?
Simon Kawitzky
3:24:47
I'm not aware of anybody being offered a Section eight voucher in connection with the Fulton LHLC redevelopment project.
3:24:53
There may be certain circumstances where, you know, to facilitate an accommodation request or an emergency transfer.
3:25:01
But as part of the project related to the redevelopment plan, there have not been offers made as far as I'm aware.
3:25:09
But again, I will get back to you to make sure that I'm giving you the accurate information.