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Council Member Restler inquires about HPD's website information and backlog in preservation loan programs
1:10:16
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Council Member Restler raises concerns about the significant backlog in HPD's preservation loan programs, as indicated on the agency's website. He highlights the disparity between HPD's stated mission of preserving affordable housing and the current reality of long wait times for project managers.
- Restler quotes HPD's website on the importance of preserving affordable housing
- He points out that several loan program pages indicate a wait time of up to a year for project manager assignment
- Restler asks how many more project managers are needed to reduce the timeline to a two-week response
Lincoln Restler
1:10:16
HPD's website indicates that quote, preserving affordable housing means make making sure homes that are affordable now stay affordable into the future, and in the midst of a housing crisis that is pricing too many New Yorkers out of too many neighborhoods, it's one of our best tools to keep people in their homes.
1:10:32
However, if someone visits the page for the participation loan program or the multi family housing rehabilitation loan program or the housing preservation opportunities program, they're met with the following message.
1:10:44
Quote, thank you for your interest.
1:10:46
We are sorry to inform you we currently have limited staff capacity and a significant backlog of projects, and as a result, the assignment of a project manager can take up to a year.
1:10:55
I think the deputy commissioner Darga was just getting at this to the chair's questions as well, but jeez, that's not good.
1:11:03
So how many more project managers do we need to get that timeline down to let's say a two week response?