Tag: HPD

New York, NY - April 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Museum of the City of New York, which recently opened Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers, will host a panel of urban planners and experts – including New York City Housing Commissioner Mathew Wambua – on Thursday, April 18, 2013. The event will involve a discussion about the future of “micro-apartments” in the city. Recently, Mayor Bloomberg announced the winner of the city’s AdAPT design competition, an innovative structure of 55 micro-units to be built on East 27th Street in Manhattan. The panel will discuss the project, the larger goals of the adAPT initiative, and the strategies for providing small living spaces in New York City

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) commended the City of New York, particularly the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), for working to restore Section 8 vouchers to 2,600 needy families.

NEW YORK, NY - December 2, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group announced today an investment of $61 million to support the preservation of more than 500 affordable rental homes for low-income New Yorkers.

NEW YORK, NY - December 2, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group announced today an investment of $61 million to support the preservation of more than 500 affordable rental homes for low-income New Yorkers.

New York, NY - November 6, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero today announced the recipients of the agency’s second round of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP).

NEW YORK, NY - October 30, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) announces the completion of rehabilitation and permanent financing of 20-units of affordable housing that will soon become a low-income cooperative.

New York, NY - September 29, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bronx Pro Real Estate Management today celebrated the opening of 1085 Washington Avenue Apartments, a new 90-unit affordable housing development that features numerous elements that help the building and its residents contribute to a greener, more sustainable New York City.

NEW YORK, NY - September 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) President Marc Jahr, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero and Alan Bell from Dumont Green LLC, celebrated the groundbreaking for a new eight-story 176 unit affordable apartment building at 1490 Dumont Avenue.

New York, NY - September 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero delivered remarks this morning at The New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH) Networking Breakfast, regarding HPD’s progress on Mayor Bloomberg’s New Housing Marketplace Plan and the future course of the plan.

New York, NY- August 26, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commissioner VanAmerongen recently joined Governor Paterson and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg to announce that New York City became the first City in the nation to begin construction of new affordable housing using funds from the Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP).

New York, NY - August 25, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Raphael E. Cestero announced today that amid a nationwide economic downturn and an uncertain housing market, the City has financed more than 12,500 units of affordable housing for middle-class and low-income New Yorkers over the last fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2009.

New York, NY - August 6, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. today issued an audit finding that the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)’s Cornerstone Program, which is supposed to provide affordable housing to qualified New Yorkers, has provided a relatively small percentage of the completed housing units to low-income families.

NEW YORK, NY - August 4, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Deputy Mayor Robert Lieber, joined by New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) President Marc Jahr, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero and Neil Weissman of the Jackson Development Group celebrated the groundbreaking of St. Ann’s Terrace, a 600 unit mixed-income development in the Melrose section of the Bronx and the first in the nation to use recycled bonds.

Albany, NY - July 29, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor David A. Paterson signed into law legislation that will extend affordable housing for another 30 years to the tenants of the 5,881-unit Starrett City housing complex in Brooklyn – the nation’s largest publicly assisted affordable housing complex.

Manhattan, NY - July 22, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael Cestero together with New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) President Marc Jahr, Artimus Construction Principal Robert Ezrapour and Citi National Director, North America Community Relations, Gina Doynow today announced the completion of Susan’s Court, a 125-unit mixed-income housing development in Central Harlem.

New York, NY - June 11, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced a new public campaign to encourage more New Yorkers to get the free legal assistance, mortgage counseling and education services that are available through the Center for NYC Neighborhood network of providers. While the program has been effective for those who have taken advantage of it, many New Yorkers who have suffered foreclosure filings have not sought the free help. The campaign will urge New Yorkers to call 311 and will highlight the confidentiality of the services.

NEW YORK, NY- June 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – The New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and Bronx Pro Real Estate Management completed financing for 850 Jennings Street, an eight-story affordable rental apartment building to be constructed in the Crotona Park East section of the Bronx.

NEW YORK, NY - May 28, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Today, the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and YUCO Real Estate Company, Inc. (YUCO) celebrated the grand opening of 1405 Fifth Avenue Apartments, an 81-unit mixed-income development located in the East Harlem section of Manhattan. The creation of affordable housing in New York City is part of the City's Five Borough Economic Opportunity Plan to create jobs for New Yorkers today and implement a vision for long-term economic growth while strengthening and stabilizing neighborhoods in all five boroughs.

New York, NY - May 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced community development projects and programs that will benefit from more than $48 million of federal stimulus funding received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), signed by President Obama in February.