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Discussion on Housing Connect and issues with vacant affordable apartments
2:23:21
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Council Member Pierina Sanchez raises concerns about the Housing Connect system and the high number of vacant affordable apartments due to burdensome marketing requirements for re-rentals. She asks for specific actions HPD is taking to address this issue.
- Sanchez references a Gothamist report about hundreds or thousands of quality affordable apartments sitting empty
- She mentions that housing providers are eager to rent these apartments but are prevented by HPD's marketing handbook
- The council member asks for exact measures being proposed and the number of vacant units that could be rented out more quickly
Pierina Sanchez
2:23:21
Thank you.
2:23:23
Thank you so much, and I look forward to continuing to have those conversations and getting rid of the complete backlog, on all these fronts.
2:23:32
Housing Connect, you touched on this briefly with Councilmember Brewer and you mentioned that there were some fixes that were being considered, but you didn't say what they were, so let me ask the question, but that's the prompt.
2:23:46
Housing Connect, the city's affordable housing lottery system.
2:23:50
As Gothamist reported last month, hundreds or maybe even thousands of quality affordable apartments are sitting empty because of the city's burdensome marketing requirements rentals.
2:24:01
So somebody moves out from an affordable unit, now getting that getting that home occupied again faces a huge a huge time delay.
2:24:10
Housing providers are eager to rent these apartments to New Yorkers in desperate need of a home, but HPD's marketing handbook effectively prevents them from doing so.
2:24:19
What is HPD doing exactly to fix this problem?
2:24:23
What is what is being proposed and how many units can you get are sitting vacant that you could see rented out more quickly?