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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Changes to re-rental process and temporary waiver
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Ahmed Tigani discusses recent changes to the re-rental process for affordable housing units and outlines plans for future improvements.
- HPD has implemented a new temporary update to improve the re-rental process.
- Re-rentals will still be required to be posted publicly, but using HPD's Housing Connect system is now optional.
- This flexibility aims to help fill units faster and reduce unnecessary paperwork.
- Over the next year, HPD plans to rebuild the re-rental process using insights from various stakeholders.
- Tigani emphasizes that improving Housing Connect remains a priority and acknowledges the need for continued work and collaboration with the council and New Yorkers.
Ahmed Tigani
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Intro twelve sixty four, which addresses how affordable housing units that become vacant are re rented through the Housing Connect portal, touches on the process we are actively rethinking.
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We recently rolled out a new temporary update, the third update announced over the last few years to improve the process.
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Re rentals will continue to be required to be posted publicly and accessibly, but it will not be necessary to send it through HPD's Housing Connect system, though many may continue to do so voluntarily.
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This added flexibility is one example of ways we're testing strategies to help fill units faster and reduce unnecessary paperwork.
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Over the next year, we plan to rebuild re rentals, bring bring it up to speed using insights from the pilot, housing advocates, New Yorkers, building owners, marketing agents, and recommendations from the council in this hearing to guide that work.
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In closing, I wanna be clear, this is a priority for me and we know that there's still more work to do.
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But we've seen what's possible when we act quickly, listen closely, and stay focused on what matters.
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Thank you for your partnership and for holding us accountable to the New Yorkers we serve.
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Thank you to the New Yorkers who use our program every single day and provide us with feedback on how to make it better.
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I look forward to working with you to keep pushing this work forward.
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Thank you.