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Questioning new housing construction and bedroom size distribution
1:44:31
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz questions Commissioner Ahmed Tigani about the distribution of bedroom sizes in newly constructed affordable housing units. Dinowitz expresses concern about the lack of two and three-bedroom apartments in new developments.
- HPD financed about 25,000 units in the past fiscal year, with 14,000 being new construction
- Dinowitz challenges HPD's claim of responding to market needs, arguing that developments in his district mostly consist of studio and one-bedroom apartments
- The council member requests data on metrics used to determine neighborhood needs for larger apartments
- Tigani mentions that HPD is considering expanding the number of two and three-bedroom units in future projects
Eric Dinowitz
1:44:31
In the past fiscal year, how many units of housing have you financed for new It
1:44:43
14,000 new construction.
1:44:45
How many of those were three bedroom apartments?
1:44:51
Can I guess?
1:44:53
Zero?
1:44:54
How many two bedroom apartments?
1:45:00
Your term sheets have requirements for a minimum of thirty percent two bedrooms, and a % of the as of right developments in my district have thirty percent two bedroom apartments, with the vast majority being studio and one bedroom apartments, and I will point out every time I've asked this question to this agency on this committee, the response has been well we respond to the market, but I'm telling you that you do not respond to the market.
1:45:25
If you can provide to me any data because the the the your agency has still not provided me any data after any hearing for what metrics you're using to determine what neighborhoods need two and three bedroom apartments.
1:45:40
Can you provide that data please?
Ahmed Tigani
1:44:36
was about 20 a little over 25,000.
1:44:39
14 thousand were new construction, around 13,000 were preservation.
1:44:48
I don't have that data broken out for you, sir, but we can get that to you.
1:44:52
I I I don't know.
1:44:56
Well, also our term sheet has requirements for larger bedroom size, so