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Supportive housing vacancies and occupancy rates discussion
2:55:10
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Council Member Brewer inquires about supportive housing vacancies, and Commissioner Park provides a detailed explanation of the current situation and challenges.
- Overall occupancy rate for supportive housing in NYC is about 95%
- Vacancy rates are higher for older SRO-style units and some state units with high tenant share of rent
- DSS manages placements for about half of the supportive housing units in NYC
- Park offers to follow up on specific projects with higher vacancy rates
Gale A. Brewer
2:55:10
And then just quickly, I know this is not just you, but if you talk to some of the nonprofits who are doing supportive housing, they have a hundred vacancies.
2:55:18
So my question is, they're not that's HPD, but those are your clients.
2:55:23
So how do you all work together?
Molly Wasow Park
2:55:25
So we coordinate very closely with all the agencies that are involved in the supportive housing.
2:55:32
We talk about supportive housing as if it's a monolith, but as I think you know council member, right, it's a bit of a collection of different programs.
2:55:43
We manage the placements directly for about half of the supportive housing units that are in New York City, give or take.
2:55:53
Then there are other agencies.
2:55:55
Many of them are state administered and a handful from other city agencies.
2:56:04
What I can say is that for the city administered and the vacancies that are filled through city processes, vacancy rates are quite low.
2:56:13
Across the board I would actually say the vacancy rates are quite low.
2:56:16
We're at about 95% occupancy for all supportive housing in the City Of New York, but there is variation.
2:56:24
Vacancy rates tend to be a bit higher for two categories of units, one for older units that are either SRO style, so people don't have their own bathrooms and kitchens and shared units.
2:56:37
And then the other category where it tends to have slightly higher vacancy rates are some of the state units where the tenant share is such that people are effectively paying about 70% of their income in rent.
Gale A. Brewer
2:56:52
These are all 30%, but I won't get into it.
2:56:54
It's just it's frustrating to hear that.
Molly Wasow Park
2:56:56
Happy to follow-up on specific projects.
Gale A. Brewer
2:56:58
Preliminary plan includes an additional 554,200,000.0 of city funding in 02/05 only for non asylum shelter costs.