New York City, considered by many to be the gateway to America, is the largest city in the country. With a population of 7,322,564 in five boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island, the city is recognized as a leader in the worlds of finance (Wall Street), theater (Broadway), and international affairs (the United Nations).
In the Federal Fiscal Year 1996 (FFY96) Action Plan, which covers the period from January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996, the City received approximately $365,817,000 from the four HUD formula grant programs; $232,844,000 for Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), $91,060,000 for HOME, $35,840,000 for Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), and $6,073,000 for Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG).
These funds are primarily targeted to address the following eligible activities: housing rehabilitation and community development to maximize the preservation of the City's housing stock; the City's continuum of care for homeless single adults and homeless families; and housing opportunities and housing support services for persons with HIV/AIDS.
The New York City Consolidated Plan serves not only as the City's application for federal funds for four HUD Office of Community Planning and Development formula programs: CDBG, HOME, ESG and HOPWA, but also as the HOPWA grant application for seven surrounding municipalities within the Eligible Metropolitan Statistical Area. This includes the cities of Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, White Plains and Yonkers, Counties of Putnam, Rockland and Westchester. In addition, entities applying for HUD's competitive programs must apply to the appropriate City agency (as listed in the Consolidated Plan, volume II, page 73, the matrix of the Certificate of Consistency Process) in order to receive a Certificate of Consistency with the City's Consolidated Plan.
New Yorkers are provided several opportunities to participate in the
formulation and development of the Consolidated Plan. Over 1,500 notification
letters are sent to New York City residents, organizations and public officials
inviting participation in informational symposiums, the public review process
and public hearings. Public comments are solicited during the public review
period before formal submission of the proposed Consolidated Plan to HUD and
throughout the year. In addition, notices of each of the previously mentioned
activities are published in two local newspapers, one English-language and the
other a Spanish-language daily. The notices include relevant Plan-related
information so that informed comments are facilitated. In addition, copies of
the FFY96 Consolidated Plan are mailed to each of the City's 59 Community
Boards. To increase public outreach, the Consolidated Plan informational
symposium and Public Hearing are broadcast on a City-wide cable television
station.
New York City's 1990 total population was 7,322,564 persons, up 3.5 percent from the 1980 census. In 1990, for the first time in the City's history no one racial or ethnic group comprised a majority of the population. In addition, between 1980 and 1990, the City experienced a 25 percent increase in the number of foreign-born persons (for a total of approximately 2.1 million persons) living in its five boroughs. This is the highest level of foreign-born persons the City has experienced since before World War II. The City's population in 1990 was comprised of 43 percent White (Non-Hispanic) persons; 25 percent Black (Non-Hispanic) persons; 24 percent Hispanic persons and 7 percent Asians. Native American (Non-Hispanic) persons comprise less than .3 percent of the City's inhabitants. In addition, approximately 17 percent of the City's population is over 60 years of age, and single-parent households with children under 18 are 37 percent of all households.
There are almost 2.8 million households in New York City. Over 70 percent
of these households are renters. Thirty-one percent are renters with incomes
below 80 percent of the New York City median family income, as compared to seven
percent of owners. The size of units vary between owner and renter units.
Smaller renter units are the most common in New York City. Approximately 50
percent of the renter housing units had zero and one bedroom, two-bedroom units
are almost 35 percent of all units and units with three or more bedrooms account
for the remaining 15 percent. In contrast, owner units in the City are 21
percent zero and one-bedrooms, approximately 30 percent two-bedrooms and 49
percent three-bedrooms or more.
Consolidated Plan regulations require municipalities to describe their housing conditions and needs by the following HUD defined housing problems: cost burden, physical defects in the unit, and overcrowded conditions. Approximately half of the City's renter households and five percent of households owning their own home suffer from some housing problem.
Cost burden is defined as the payment of more than 30 percent of a family's monthly income for rent. This affects a sizable portion of renters below the median family income (MFI) level. The high percentages of renters within the four HUD-defined income groups who have cost burden include: 64 percent of extremely low-income (0 - 30 % MFI) renter households; 74 percent of very low-income (31 - 50% MFI) households; 48 percent of other low-income (51 - 80 % MFI) households; and 25 percent of all moderate-income (81 - 95 % MFI) renter households. Cost burden is particularly acute for very low income small related households with two to four persons; 91 percent of these experience housing costs greater than 30 percent of their household's income and 73 percent of these experience housing costs greater than 50 percent of their household's income.
Seventeen percent of occupied and vacant available rental units are physically deficient. Physically deficient is defined as a building with units lacking complete kitchen and/or bath for exclusive use, units with three or more building defects and/or maintenance deficiencies. In comparison, only four percent of all owner-occupied dwelling units that have low and very low-income households contain a serious physical defect.
Ten percent of the City's renter households live in overcrowded conditions. The small average unit size contributes to overcrowding, defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as more than one person per room. This problem is particularly severe among large related renter households, where two-thirds of this group live in overcrowded units. This is not as severe among owner-occupied households where only 3 percent of the units are defined as overcrowded. The number of families in New York City who have moved in with friends or relatives is as high as 200,000 families. Although all doubled-up families do not enter the shelter system, they do represent a pool of potentially homeless households that can enter the system at any time.
Housing units containing elderly New Yorkers are a rapidly growing segment of the City's housing stock as many residents "age in place". Among the households that rent, 19 percent are one or two person households which include at least one elderly member. Twenty-eight percent of owner households are categorized as elderly, defined as a household with one or two persons in which the head of the household or spouse is at least 62 years of age. Of all elderly households in the City that own their own home, 46 percent have incomes less than 80 percent of median family income. With the exception of single parent families, elderly households are paying more for their rent than the rest of the City's renter population. In 1990, over seventy percent of all elderly 1 and 2 persons households had housing problems, the most serious of which is cost burden.
The percentages of single parent households with children under 18 are increasing dramatically for both women and men. In the last ten years, the increase was 10 percent for households headed by females equalling 30 percent of all households and a 41 percent increase for households headed by men representing 7 percent of all households.
This household type experiences extreme conditions in almost every housing quality indicator, especially cost burden, and overcrowding. As a group single adults with children suffer more acutely from homelessness than any other household type.
The City's housing stock consists of approximately 2,980,762 units, both occupied and vacant. The rental housing had a rental market vacancy rate of 3.78 percent. For apartments with rents below $500 the vacancy rate is lower than average. For example, for the rents between $400 to $499 per month the vacancy rate was 2.74 percent. In addition, rental vacancy varies by borough, Manhattan having the highest vacancy rate (4.45%), Brooklyn the lowest (3.11%).
The dearth of affordable housing is the most significant housing problem in New York City. In 1991 the median contract rent was $475. The number of apartments in New York City with a real contract rent of less than $500 per month declined by almost 13 percent and the apartments between $300 and $399 fell by almost 26 percent between 1987 and 1991. The populations most impacted are the elderly who pay on average 36 percent of their income on rent and single mothers who pay 52 percent of their income.
The Median Family Income in 1990 as defined by the HUD Section 8 regulations was $37,514 for a family of four in the New York MSA (metropolitan statistical area). The four HUD-defined income groups are: 1. Extremely Low-income (0%-30% MFI), with nearly 16 percent of the households; 2. Very Low-income (31%-50% MFI) with 10 percent of all households; 3. Other Low-Income (51%-80%) containing approximately 12 percent of all households; and 4. Moderate-income (81%-95% MFI) with almost 5 percent of all households. Most of the City's housing programs funded by the City, State and Federal governments are designed to serve families with incomes less than or equal to 80 percent of the MFI. The highest household income that the City is allowed to assist with HOME funds are households that have 115 percent of MFI. For programs funded with City tax levy monies the City assists families with incomes up to 133 percent of the MFI.
Elderly persons need supportive services and financial assistance to live independently as long as possible. Providing for the housing needs for many older New Yorkers is a critical and complex problem. With most living on fixed income, the elderly face hardships of finding affordable rents, or maintaining a house and coping with rising expenses. In addition, as the population grows older, there is often increasing frailty which requires a continuum of supportive services in conjunction with housing.
Residential options which are affordable and provide access to supportive services are key to addressing the housing needs of the elderly, including the frail elderly. The City is in the process of developing and expanding housing options, whether in a community-based setting, in an existing home, or in a new housing development, for the elderly. When these options are available, costly and often unnecessary institutionalization is forestalled.
The age of the housing stock in part causes an unending need to provide inspection and upgrading of units. Buildings identified as "deficient" were generally built before the current standards and probably never upgraded. The majority of dilapidated units are in New Law tenement structures built before 1929. These structures tend to have very low rents which may be all that tenants can afford to pay for housing, since many tenants are elderly.
New York City faces a growing and ever more complex homeless crisis. The City shelters approximately 7,000 single adults and 5,700 families each night, up from the 4,300 single adults and 2,000 sheltered in 1983. It is difficult to estimate the number of individuals and families at imminent risk of becoming homeless, but according to the Housing and Vacancy Survey, there are thousands of New Yorkers who are at risk because they have a severe cost burden, live in apartments with substandard conditions, or are in doubled-up or overcrowded units. These situations may force an individual or a family into homelessness.
In addition, alcohol/substance abusers and persons with mental illness who have difficulty living independently rely on the City's shelter system for specialized supportive services.
As of January 1, 1996, the New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA) official tenant population was 453,075. It should be noted the figure does not include an estimated 105,000 unauthorized persons doubling up in Public Housing. There are over 284,000 applicants on the two NYCHA waiting lists: Public Housing Waiting List and NYCHA's Section 8 Waiting List.
Of the 339 public housing developments currently operated by the Authority, approximately 110,488 units in 105 developments funded with Federal monies (70 percent of the total Federally funded units) are over 30 years old. NYCHA estimates it will need over $7 trillion to modernize its Federal Public Housing stock with an additional $321 million for management improvements.
The City's Section 8 certificates and vouchers are administered through two agencies: NYCHA and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). NYCHA presently administers over 70,000 certificates and vouchers. As of June 30, 1994 the Section 8 Waiting List consisted of 181,192 applicants. Of these applicants, 141,851 families wish to "move" to other housing. The remaining 39,341 families prefer to stay "in place" and obtain Section 8 assistance for the apartment they currently occupy. At the end of 1994, NYCHA closed the Section 8 waiting list to most new applicants. NYCHA estimates it will take six years to interview the approximately 160,000 applicants that have not yet been scheduled for an interview. NYCHA will continue to accept applications in specified emergency categories, including homeless families, victims of domestic violence, intimidated witnesses in a criminal prosecution, and families that qualify for special HUD set-aside programs.
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development administers approximately 12,000 certificates and vouchers, as of July 31, 1995. The tenant-based programs that utilize certificates and vouchers are only open to households who live in, or are about to move into, buildings rehabilitated by an HPD-sponsored rehabilitation program. (One exception is the homeless individuals and families living in the New York City subway and Amtrak tunnel systems; these persons can apply for and receive Section 8 assistance from HPD.)
For a number of years, before FFY95, HPD received funds for incremental Section 8 certificates and vouchers. In 1995, funds were originally appropriated for incremental Section 8 certificates and vouchers, but were later rescinded. While HUD will continue to provide funds to renew the contracts on existing Section 8 units, no incremental units were appropriated either NYCHA or HPD for calendar year 1996. The lack of incremental certificates and vouchers inhibits the City's ability to provide rental assistance to low- and moderate-income renters.
The development, retention and rehabilitation of affordable housing will continue to be the priority for the expenditure of CD funds during the Consolidated Plan Five Year (1995-1999) Strategic Plan period. However, the City has recognized the following additional needs: to revitalize and develop economic opportunities in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods through commercial and industrial attraction, retention and expansion; to remove slum and blighting conditions which negatively impact the quality of life in these neighborhoods; and to provide recreational services and to remove architectural barriers in homes occupied by the persons with a disability and in senior centers.
The City recognizes the high cost of construction within the City and the difficulty of accumulating parcels of sufficient size to realize economies of scale.
The lack of sites available that meet HUD Site and Neighborhood Standards and HUD Total Development Cost (TDC) guidelines generally impedes NYCHA's ability to construct housing. NYCHA will continue to seek both City-owned and privately-owned properties that fulfill these standards and development cost caps. However, the majority of City-owned sites are located in "impacted" areas with heavy concentrations of minority or low-income residents. Privately-owned sites in non-impacted areas have high acquisition costs that, when combined with construction costs, exceed TDC guidelines. NYCHA will also continue to collaborate with HUD to ameliorate this problem.
Whenever possible the City promotes policies and provides incentives, such as the Section 421(a&b) and J-51 Tax Exemption/Abatement Programs, and the stabilization of rents through Rent Control, to alleviate barriers which inhibit the production, rehabilitation and retention housing affordable to low- and moderate-income New Yorkers.
New York City's written certification and plan for affirmatively furthering fair housing employs a twofold strategy. First, it promotes fair housing and positive intergroup relations through one of the most comprehensive local human rights laws in the country, governing housing as well as employment and public accommodations. Like the Federal Fair Housing Act, it prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of a person's race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, and familial status. It also prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of a person's sexual orientation, age, alienage and citizenship status, marital status, and lawful occupation. It applies to public and private housing. The second part of the strategy for affirmatively furthering fair housing consists of coordinating efforts among a number of government and community agencies to insure that education and advocacy reach those most likely to experience discrimination, and that housing opportunities, locational choices, and housing services are made available to all persons.
To assist persons who have been or perceived to have been discriminated against in obtaining affordable housing, New York City has developed a chart which describes the City's housing discrimination complaint process. The chart has been included in the FFY96 Plan.
New York City intends to reduce the number of poverty level families by investing in the City's "human capital" through the expansion of education, job training and job placement programs. In addition, New York's economic development efforts will attempt to attract a growing number of private-sector jobs to revitalize underserved neighborhoods.
To raise the number of single-headed households with children above the poverty level the City intends to provide and expand day-care facilities so that women who are the head of their households may secure employment opportunities.
To reduce the negative effects of poverty on the poor elderly and children in New York, the City will intervene directly by providing direct assistance through the City's Medicaid and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) programs.
The City of New York places a high priority on reducing the incidence of lead paint contamination and removal of its associated hazards. Lead Based Paint (LBP) abatement activities are conducted by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), in coordination with the Department of Health, and by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), responsible for public housing and homeownership developments under its direction.
Although the City banned the use of LBPs in 1960, there are approximately 1,904,151 housing units built between 1947 and 1960 in need of lead-based paint abatement. Approximately 38 percent of these units are occupied by very low-income families (earning less than 50 percent of the area's MFI) and 16 percent by low-income families.
Both HPD and NYCHA have developed and implemented strategies to eliminate lead-paint hazards in their respective housing stocks. The strategies include improving public outreach and awareness to the dangers of lead based paint, systematic inspection and testing for determining the presence of LBP and the hiring and training of staff in abatement procedures.
Thirteen City agencies, responsible for the various aspects of the
Consolidated Plan specific to their area of expertise, interact with one
another, not-for-profit and private organizations to develop and provide a
complete range of housing, homeless assistance, supportive housing services and
community development programs. New York City intends to further cultivate
partnerships with newer not-for-profits in housing development and management
activities. In addition, HOPWA/AIDS Policy Coordination extends beyond New York
City's boundaries as the City and the seven surrounding municipalities interact
on the creation and development of an integrated AIDS housing plan for the EMSA.
The objectives that the City of New York expects to focus on in the next five years are:
The City promotes eight housing objectives. They focus on the preservation and improvement of the existing private housing supply; the rehabilitation of City-owned In-Rem buildings for the ultimate goal of returning the buildings to responsible private ownership; the modernization of public housing; the expansion of the supply of affordable housing, including the creation of new homeownership opportunities; the prevention of displacement and reduction of cost burdens for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers; the prevention of housing discrimination; the assistance of residents in subsidized housing towards economic independence; and the expansion and retention of affordable housing and suitable living environments for the City's four special needs populations (homeless individuals and families, persons with a disability, the elderly, and persons with HIV/AIDS).
In addition to the goal of providing decent housing, the City's Community Development priorities include providing a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities for extremely low-, very low- and other low-income households. New York City's Community Development priorities address only those projects and programs that appear CD eligible. It is important to note the Community Development program funds represent approximately one percent of the City's entire budget spent on community development activities. The City's Capital and Expense Budget funds will continue to finance a substantial portion of the City's non-housing needs.
Approximately seventy-five percent of the City's CD budget is targeted to housing and homeless programs. It is expected that housing will continue to be the priority for the expenditure of CD funds during the Consolidated Plan Five Year (1995-1999) Strategic Plan period. CD funds enable the City to maintain over 2500 in-rem residential buildings (City-owned properties resulting from tax foreclosures), provide for the modernization of public housing, pay for emergency repairs to private buildings in which the landlord has failed to correct the situation, provide for services to the homeless and upgrade homeless facilities.
The City of New York has for the last ten years attempted to fill the gap in affordable housing by creating programs that have sharply slowed the abandonment of rental housing. One method to create affordable housing utilized by the City is to place the in-rem stock back on the market at prices affordable for households below 80 percent of the median family income. These efforts increased the total housing inventory despite continued low levels of new private construction.
The City's non-housing community development activities include neighborhood commercial revitalization; comprehensive community development and economic development planning; micro-enterprise assistance; services related to recreation, day care, crime victims and discrimination prevention; historic preservation; rehabilitation of senior centers and facilities occupied by arts organizations.
Over the five year period, concluding on December 31, 1999, New York City has set an estimated target of 54,000 units for four household categories: a) small renter households; b) large renter households; c) elderly renter households; and d) all owner households. All of the households to be served will have incomes between 0 to 80 percent of area median income.
The four household categories are projected to be served by an estimated funding of $1.4 billion which will be allocated for the following activities: rental assistance, rehabilitation, new construction, financing of rental units, subsidies for the elderly, and homeownership assistance.
It is expected that approximately $800 million will be used to provide support in the form of rental assistance, rehabilitation, new construction and financing in service to approximately 35,000 small renter households.
Nearly 3,600 large renter households will be assisted with approximately $37 million for the rehabilitation and financing of rental units suitable for large families (units with 3 or more bedrooms).
Approximately 5,200 elderly renter households are expected to be supported through subsidies for at least 3,000 units for elderly renters, at a project allocation of $4.7 million. In addition, the City expects to provide land to support development of more than 2,200 units in the Section 202 Housing for the Elderly program.
The City currently plans to fund nearly 10,000 homeowner units for first time buyers. More than $560 million will be utilized for financing, rehabilitation, and new construction of these units.
The City's One-Year Action Plan is supported by HUD's four entitlement programs (HOME, CDBG, ESG and HOPWA), Public Housing Comprehensive Grant funds for the New York City Housing Authority and HUD competitive programs (Section 8 Rental Certificates and Vouchers, Section 202 Housing for the Elderly and Section 811 Housing for Persons with Disabilities). All funds are used in conjunction with New York State funds ($314,621,700 in SFY96) and funds from the City's own Capital and Expense Budgets ($816,010,700 in CFY96).
To satisfy Federal formula program matching fund requirements, New York City
waives local fees and taxes, provides subsidies and low interest loans and
contributes land to reduce the overall financial resources needed to conduct
affordable housing activities (construction, renovation and rehabilitation)
within the City.
The Consolidated Plan includes a funding breakdown for the various funding resources (Federal HUD formula and competitive, Federal non-HUD, State, City and private) used either directly by City agencies or by other entities (NYCHA or not-for-profits) to meet the housing, homeless, supportive housing services and community development needs of the City.
New York City, through the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) utilizes the HOME funds to:
All the above efforts rely heavily on local private-sector involvement, including private financing.
The majority of the funds will be expended on eligible housing rehabilitation and development activities. At least 15% of the total award will be reserved for Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs). No more than 10% of the award will be allocated for program administration costs.
CDBG funds will be used outright or in combination with City funds. Private resources will be leveraged whenever possible. The grant award the City received during CD Program Year XXII is supplemented by prior year accruals, program income and disallowances. The funds are expended in more than 20 eligible activities on a citywide basis primarily in CD-eligible census tracts or based on slums and blight criteria.
Community Development funds will be used in conjunction with other funding sources (City, State and other Federal) for the Harlem and South Bronx Empowerment Zone. Within the Empowerment Zone, CD funds will be used for planning and management functions. Section 108 Loan (Guarantee) funds, combined with an Economic Development Initiative (EDI) Grant will help finance the Partnership Plaza Project, a commercial and retail revitalization project for five (5) distressed communities. A Section 108 Loan Guarantee will also help finance the Pier A Rehabilitation Project in lower Manhattan, providing jobs to low- and moderate-income persons.
ESG funds are used for four of the five categories of eligible activities. Approximately a third of the funds are used for homeless prevention programs which target individuals or families at risk of homelessness, or who have been recently placed into permanent housing and are at risk of returning to homelessness. The majority of funds go to services to the homeless which enhance the basic continuum of care programs or target sub-populations, such as the mentally ill living on the street or in shelters, recovering substance abusers, and in some cases, domestic violence victims, which would not receive special assistance otherwise. The remainder of the ESG funds are allocated to shelter operating costs, comprised of supplies, equipment and other basic operating costs. Approximately 1% is expended on grant administration activities including budget administration, fiscal and programmatic monitoring and preparation of required HUD reports. The fifth eligible category, shelter renovations, will not be to be funded with ESG funds in FFY96. It should be noted, permanent supportive housing and other permanent housing programs for the homeless are ineligible for ESG funds.
ESG funds, designed to enhance or fill in breaks in the City's continuum of care for homeless single adults and for homeless families, supplement over $400 million other Federal funds, and City and State funds which maintain the City's homeless services system. A full description of the City's continuum of care is found in the Plan.
The HOPWA application for the City also includes seven surrounding municipalities within the EMSA. This includes the cities of Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle and White Plains and the counties of Westchester, Rockland and Putnam.
The City's HOPWA continuum of care includes maintaining individuals and families within their own homes through rental assistance, home care and other support, or to secure housing for those who need it. Most of the new applicants are in need of direct housing accommodation. The City, through the Department of Human Resources Administration/Division of AIDS Services (HRA/DAS), is responsible for the delivery of entitlements, homecare, and related services to people with AIDS or advanced HIV illness and their families. HPD's role is to provide capital funds for the acquisition and renovation of buildings which will be owned and operated by not-for-profit agencies for the provision of housing and services to persons with AIDS and other special needs populations.
HPD will use approximately half of the allocation to assist Not-for-Profit organizations develop community residences for persons with HIV/AIDS via its SRO Loan Program. A predominant portion of the second half of the grant will enable HRA/DAS's Housing Unit to continue to provide and expand its housing and supportive services. The remaining portion will be utilized by HRA's Office of Alternative Housing for the development, coordination and operation of housing for persons with AIDS and their families.
In total, over $2.2 billion in combined funds (Federal, State, City and funds to not-for-profits and other entities) was received in FFY96. The four formula grants previously discussed account for approximately $365.8 million of this figure.
| Summary Table of Funding Sources | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Amount City to Receive in FFY96 | Amount City to Receive by Other Entities in FFY96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Federal $: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$91,060,000 | $ 0
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$232,844,000 | $ 0
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$6,073,000 | $ 0
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$ 35,840,000 | $ 0
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$ 0 | $ 347,700,000
|
$ 41,137,800 | $ 122,804,200
|
$ 79,619,500 | $ 0
| Total State: | $314,621,700 | $74,406,500
| Total City: | $816,010,700 | $ 5,600,000
| Total Private: | $0 | $34,000,000
| Total All Sources: | $1,617,206,700 | $ 584,510,700
| | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Formula entitlement activities are carried out in CD-eligible areas and on a city-wide basis, where applicable.
The New York City Department of City Planning is the lead agency in the City's Consolidated Plan application process and is responsible for the formulation, preparation and development of each year's proposed Consolidated Plan. City Planning coordinates Plan-related activities between the Consolidated Plan Committee member agencies and the federal government.
The four federal entitlement programs, CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESG, are administered by the City's Office of Management and Budget (OMB, Paul Cataldo, 212-788-6150), the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD, Calvin Parker, 212-386-8060), the Mayor's Office for AIDS Policy Coordination (MOAPC, Gregory Caldwell, 212-788-2755), and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS, Ernest Ceberio, 212-442-6470), respectively.
In addition, the New York City Housing Authority, as a Federal Public Housing Authority using Federal Comprehensive Grant funds, administers public housing new construction, rehabilitation and modernization activities, home ownership opportunity programs, along with a Section 8 rental certificate and voucher program for its tenant population.
For more information concerning New York City's community development and affordable housing activities, please refer to New York City's Federal Fiscal Year (FFY96) Consolidated Plan. Copies of the FFY96 Consolidated Plan (a three-volume set) are available at:
or any of the New York City Department of City Planning borough offices.
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