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Discussion on vacant units in NYCHA housing
3:30:09
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Council Member Brewer inquires about the status of vacant units in NYCHA housing, seeking information on the breakdown of vacancies and plans for repairs. Eva Trimble, NYCHA's Chief Operating Officer, explains the process of unit turnover and assignment.
- NYCHA currently has approximately 5,900 vacant units in their pipeline for turnover
- Units are not pre-assigned to specific household types before repairs are completed
- The turnover process involves completing repairs before selecting prospective tenants
Gale A. Brewer
3:30:09
Okay.
3:30:10
On on vacant units, you talked earlier, 60% transfers.
3:30:13
You have 5,900 total.
3:30:16
And then obviously the, you'd say you've turned over 52%.
3:30:20
My question is, do you know in terms of these vacancies, how many are for large families?
3:30:25
How many are for seniors?
3:30:26
It is it is hard for the public to understand that there are so many still vacant units.
3:30:32
I know you're using some for, I understand, for those who are transferring.
3:30:36
But, it's still hard to understand.
3:30:38
So what do you know the breakdown as to what's left?
3:30:41
And how are you gonna address funding wise those that are still needed to be repaired?
3:31:12
Okay.
3:31:12
So given all these numbers that I just gave you and that you gave to us, how many vacancies are available that could be repaired in twosix?
3:31:30
So that's the, those are the ones that you're going to be repairing?
3:31:33
Correct.
3:31:33
Okay.
Eva Trimble
3:30:47
Thank you council member.
3:30:48
We we definitely understand that there's a significant wait list for these units.
3:30:53
Unfortunately, the units themselves are not assigned to a household.
3:30:57
So we we work to complete the turnover work and the construction work in the apartment first before we make any selection of a prospective tenant for the apartment.
3:31:07
So there's no way to say who the apartment is assigned to until that assignment actually happens.
3:31:22
There's a right now we have approximately 5,900 vacant units available that represent our pipeline of apartments to turn over.