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AGENCY TESTIMONY
HPD's citywide focus and recent housing initiatives
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Ahmed Tigani outlines HPD's comprehensive approach to addressing housing needs across all five boroughs of New York City. He highlights several recent initiatives aimed at improving housing accessibility and affordability for New Yorkers.
- HPD is working in every neighborhood across the five boroughs
- Recent initiatives include relaunching Neighborhood Pillars, introducing Universal Affordability Preference (UAP), and advancing public site projects
- The agency is committed to creating more supportive housing and advancing fair housing plans
Ahmed Tigani
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Let's start with where HPD is focused.
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The answer is simple, everywhere.
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Every block, in every neighborhood, in every borough, in communities from East New York to Inwood, from Stapleton to the South Bronx, we are turning policy into housing.
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The help might look different, the combination of tools configured more specifically for those areas, but we are working to serve every corner of five boroughs.
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Just since the last time I sat before you, we relaunched neighborhood pillars to rescue distressed buildings and protect the people living inside them.
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We opened applications for the Universal Affordability Preference UAP, another tool to make sure every New Yorker can afford to live in any neighborhood, not just the ones that they've been pushed into.
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And we've doubled down on supportive housing, backing it with real dollars and a real commitment to creating more congregate homes.
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We advanced dozens of public site projects from community engagement and RFP designations to homecomings, including the topping off of Willits Point Phase Watton, where a historic 25,000 unit development is now visible on the skyline next to Citi Field.
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We've advanced Where We Live NYC, the city's fair housing plan, holding four public workshops as the first step towards drafting the 2025 update to the plan.
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Even with announcement after announcement, we never lose sight of why we do this.
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It's about the people of New York.
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The parents looking for stability, the seniors trying to age with dignity, young families chasing a future.
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It's about the dream that every New Yorker deserves, a safe, affordable place to call home.