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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Housing Operations

The Office of Housing Operations’s Division of Property Management (DPM) will maintain an average of 7,413 City-owned in rem residential units in occupied multiple dwellings and in occupied one- and two-family homes in 2002. The workload is expected to decline by approximately 3,464 units during 2002 through disposition initiatives and other outtake mechanisms. DPM also relocates households and businesses pursuant to approved urban renewal plan§. ! ■ ;

The Division pf Alternative Management Programs (DAMP) within the Office of Housing Operations promotes the rehabilitation, management, and ownership of occupied City-owned buildings by tenant, not-for- profit, and for-profit housing organizations. New emphasis has been placed on the privatization of City-owned housing units through a variety of sales and management mechanisms. DAMP also administers the Article 7A ’ Program, which manages and funds necessary repairs for privately owned buildings that have been effectively ; abandoned. / । /

The Division of Maintenance (DOM) enforces the City’s housing code, assists small property owners with financial and maintenance issues, and assists owners iri removing hazardous conditions. DOM enforces compliance with the City’s housing code by responding to heat, hot water, and the most critical non-hcat emergency t complaints from tenants. Under DOM’s Emergency Repair Program, the City corrects immediately hazardous conditions in private buildirigs where landlords have been negligent and places liens on properties for the cost of repairs, fuel deliveries, window guard installations, and lead paint abatenrtent. Funding is provided in 2002 to respond to an estimated 69,000 emergency certifications and to issue approximately 18,000 repair orders.

The Office of Housing Operations also includes the Division of Anti-Abandonment (DAA) which, through the passage of Local Law 37, identifies, monitors arid recommends treatment for distressed buildings. DAA, by coordinating the third party transfer process to convey approximately 5,900 units in tax-delinquent buildings to responsible new owners, will administer the new Housing Preservation initiative, for which $278 million has been budgeted over 2002-2005. The DAA is/also responsible for making loans to private owners for capital improvements through the Participation Loan Program and Article 8A programs.

The Division of Code Enforcernent (DCE) enforces compliance with the City’.s Housing Maintenance Code and the New York State Multiple Dwelling Law and responds to complaints concerning possible housing violations such as the labk of heat, water, or electricity. DCE also provides emergency housing for victims of fires and other disasters. In 2002, field inspectors are projected to conduct an estimated 152,000 inspections, issue 290,000 I violations (including over 15,000 lead paint violations), and reinspect 325,000 violations. In addition, DCE is / budgeted at ^12 million in capital and expense funds to demolish and seal vacant and unsafe buildings. i ■ ; ' ' ■ L '

Development I The Office of Development is responsible for HPD’s housing production functions. Its Division of New ' Construction prorriotes the construction of new homes and apartments on formerly vacant City-owned land. i Activity for 2002 includes the construction of over 1,500 units in new one- to three-family homes, multiple ; dwellings and mixed-use multiple dwellings. These owner-occupied housing units will be built on City-owned land with City capital subsidies for construction and associated costs. This Division will be responsible for the new Mixed-Use development initiative funded at $332 million for the construction of mixed residential/commercial developments over the next four years. Through the Alliance for Neighborhood Commerce, Home Ownership ahd Revitalization (ANCHOR), HPD combines retail development along targeted commercial corridors with new housing construction to generate'economic activity and provide neighborhood services in revived residential communities. HPD will also continue the development of long-term, large-scale projects for both homeowners and rental tenants in selected neighborhoods in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens 2002-2005.

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