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New positions for state housing incentive staff explained
1:30:59
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Council Member Sanchez inquires about the 17 new positions for state housing incentive staff mentioned in the preliminary plan. Acting Commissioner Tigani and Deputy Commissioner Darga explain the allocation and purpose of these positions.
- New staff assigned to program areas overseeing applications and execution
- Additional resources allocated to the legal team and Office of Equal Opportunity Inclusion Program
- Positions specifically help implement new state tax incentives (421a extension, 485x, 467m, J51)
- Increased capacity for compliance and enforcement
Pierina Sanchez
1:30:59
A little bit out of my own order here, but there is let me just get it here.
1:31:10
She's doing it with one hand y'all.
1:31:15
So the preliminary plan includes 17 new positions for a state housing incentive staff.
1:31:21
So how are the staff assigned?
1:31:25
Are they assigned by incentives and programs or is it is it case load?
1:31:30
Is it project load?
Ahmed Tigani
1:31:31
So they're assigned and I'll let Kim pick up where I probably will leave off or not touch on, but they're assigned both in the program areas that both oversee, they take in the application, oversee process and execute.
1:31:45
At the end of the day, there are also investments in our legal team that support the transactions here.
1:31:51
And additionally, as you know, in the new 45X there is a commitment to MWBE's contract commitment and we have additional resource in our office of equal opportunity inclusion program to make sure that we're looking into those projects and they're making their MWBE commitment.
Kim Darga
1:32:13
We also there are two parts just to add to that.
1:32:16
So that's specifically to help us implement the new state tax incentives.
1:32:21
So four twenty one a extension, four eighty five x, four sixty seven m, and now j 51, the reformed j 51 program.
1:32:29
So everything that the acting commissioner said, plus we also are increasing capacity on compliance and enforcement.