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HPD discusses its role as a resource and the impact of recent zoning changes
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Commissioner Carl Weisbrod asks HPD Commissioner Adolfo Carrión Jr. if the department will offer specific charter revision recommendations to facilitate the 'Where We Live NYC' plan's goals.
HPD representatives state they are engaged in discussions and available as an expert resource for the Charter Revision Commission. Commissioner Carrión Jr. also highlights the positive impact of recent zoning reforms like 'City of Yes for Housing Opportunity' in creating more potential for housing development across the city.
- HPD affirms its role in ongoing discussions about potential charter changes and offers its expertise to the commission.
- Commissioner Weisbrod emphasizes the value of receiving specific recommendations from HPD.
- Commissioner Carrión Jr. notes that recent zoning amendments are helping remove obstacles to building affordable housing in previously restricted areas.
- Despite progress, affordable housing remains a small fraction of the total housing stock, and a significant overall supply shortage persists.
Carl Weisbrod
0:14:38
Thank you very much, Commissioner.
0:14:40
Will the department be submitting any recommendations to the commission on proposed charter changes that would make the challenge of where we live more achievable?
Adolfo Carrión Jr.
0:14:58
So we are we are part of a robust discussion around some of the proposals that are being talked about.
0:15:09
Lucy can talk a little bit about the work we're doing in that regard.
0:15:14
I I think what what we wanna do is to frame the the challenge that we're facing, what's before you, and to let you know that the the obstacles are real and and that this commission has the opportunity to address those obstacles in in its deliberations.
Lucy Joffe
0:15:36
We're here in our expert capacity around fair housing.
0:15:39
We also do extensive data work, and we're here to be a resource for the commission.
Carl Weisbrod
0:15:43
I'm sorry.
0:15:44
I'm sorry.
0:15:47
Didn't hear the last part of what you said.
Lucy Joffe
0:15:48
We're here to be a resource for the commission and to provide insight or information that you may need.
Carl Weisbrod
0:15:53
At least from my perspective, you are really, in many respects, the deliverer of housing for the city, any recommendations that you might have that would for charter change that would make your job and the challenges of where we live more easily achievable would be, at least from my perspective, very welcome.
Lucy Joffe
0:16:21
So we appreciate that.
Carl Weisbrod
0:16:23
You don't have to answer that now.
0:16:26
As we deliberate, it would be helpful.
Lucy Joffe
0:16:30
Yes.
0:16:30
And we look forward to continuing to be a resource on that.
0:16:32
And we can certainly talk more about any of the proposals as we go and some of our perspective and what we've seen as the challenges for building housing in all parts of the city, which is really a lot of our focus.
Adolfo Carrión Jr.
0:16:44
And I'll I'll just add very briefly that some of the legislative wins that we've had recently have moved some of those obstacles out of the way.
0:16:56
And of course, the amendments that we made to the zoning code through City of Guests for housing opportunity really created a fertile environment for us to be able to build in many of the places where these problems persisted because the zoning code just didn't allow multifamily rental housing in many places.
0:17:28
Some of the incentives that are built into that, I think, are going to show results over the next ten to fifteen years.
0:17:37
And you've heard the estimate.
0:17:38
It's about 80,000, 80 two thousand units of additional housing that will be coming onto the market.
0:17:46
So and and and I'll I'll say add this.
0:17:53
Affordable housing production is a small slice of of the housing in New York City, and regulated housing is a small slice.
0:18:02
You know, there's more than three and a half million, three point six million homes out there, and the regulated universe is about a million units or just shy of a million units.
0:18:14
We wanna put more of those regular regulated units in the market to create opportunity, but we also have a supply a severe supply problem in this town.
0:18:25
And changing the zoning code has allowed us to create a larger envelope of opportunity.