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NEWYORK: New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced back-to-back record-breaking calendar years producing critically-needed affordable housing across the five boroughs as the city faces a generational housing crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) broke the following city records in 2024: Back-to-back years of most units produced for formerly homeless, with 4,623 total units; Back-to-back years of most supportive units produced, with 2,761 total units; Back-to-back years of most senior units produced, with 2,966 total units.<\/p>\n

The announcement comes as the Adams administration has aggressively tackled a generational housing crisis head-on by advancing landmark housing projects, continuously breaking records in affordable housing creation, and passing historic pro-housing legislation \u2014 all in an effort to bring down the cost of rent for working-class New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

\u201cA home is more than just four walls and a roof; it\u2019s the key to unlocking the American Dream, a path towards stability, and an opportunity that\u2019s been out of grasp for too many for too long,\u201d said\u00a0Mayor Adams.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince day one of our administration, building housing and bringing down the cost of living has been one of our top priorities. Thanks to our team, working alongside advocates and everyday New Yorkers, we have moved the ball forward \u2014 and the numbers show it, with the most units produced for formerly homeless New Yorkers in city history, the most supportive housing units produced in city history, and the most senior housing units produced in city history! Behind each of these stats are real New Yorkers who found the housing they needed to live in the greatest city on the globe. To meet our affordable housing crisis head on, we must continue to be bold and ambitious, looking anywhere and everywhere to build the housing New Yorkers need and deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis administration has fired on all cylinders to address the city’s housing crisis. A second calendar year in a row of broken records for housing production and connecting New Yorkers from shelter to permanent housing shows how we’re constantly moving forward,\u201d said\u00a0First Deputy Mayor\u00a0Maria\u00a0Torres-Springer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe never sat on our hands last year to get new tools to create, preserve, and place New Yorkers in housing. Our talented public servants and leadership at City Hall, HPD, the New York City Housing Development Corporation, the New York City Housing Authority, and the New York City Department of Social Services housed the most vulnerable, while expanding the number of our city’s affordable homes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNew York City broke affordable housing records, once again, in 2024 \u2014 an impressive feat that means the lives of many New Yorkers will become tangibly better and more affordable,\u201d said\u00a0<\/strong>New York City Executive Director for Housing Leila Bozorg.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year, we saw, again, countless signs of New Yorkers’ support for our aggressive housing agenda and we continued to deliver, using every tool we gained to build, preserve, and place New Yorkers into housing. Back-to-back record-breaking years are not mere statistical victories \u2014 they are signs that New Yorkers are able to live in an expanding amount of safe, quality, and affordable housing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHousing is the foundation of opportunity. Our record-breaking progress means thousands more New Yorkers\u2014older New Yorkers, working families, and our most vulnerable neighbors\u2014now have a stable place to call home,\u201d said\u00a0HPD Commissioner Adolfo Carrion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese aren\u2019t just numbers; they represent dignity, security, and a future for the people who make this city run. We\u2019re not just building housing\u2014we\u2019re building a stronger, more inclusive New York where everyone has a fair shot.”<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s new data shows that the Adams administration \u2014 for the second year in a row \u2014 continued to break records on both creating and connecting New Yorkers to affordable housing. In addition to the records listed above, HPD produced the most 421-A standalone units in a calendar year, with 5,931 units. Finally, HPD and the New York City Housing Development Construction (HDC) closed on financing for the creation of 27,620 affordable homes, including 14,145 in newly constructed housing and 13,475 in preservation of existing homes.<\/p>\n

HPD directly connected more New Yorkers to homes than ever before in 2024, bringing nearly 14,654 households into affordable units this calendar year. Of that record number, 10,054 were through Housing Connect lotteries and 4,600 households left shelter to move into HPD homeless set aside units.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the advocacy efforts from the Adams administration in Albany to create the public housing prevention trust\u00a0and support for the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together\u00a0(PACT) program, NYCHA has been able to invest in critically-needed repairs while simultaneously empowering residents. In 2024, NYCHA converted 3,887 apartments to Project-Based Section 8, enabling PACT partners to deliver $1.7 billion in capital repairs.<\/p>\n

Residents at Norstrand houses, Bronx river addition, and\u00a0Coney Island I (site 1B), also known as Unity Towers, totaling 1,597 apartments across 19 buildings, opted into the Public Housing Preservation Trust, which will unlock hundreds of millions of dollars for critical capital repairs.<\/p>\n

Thanks to concerted rehousing efforts and the Adams administration\u2019s wide-ranging reforms to strengthen access to City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement (CityFHEPS) vouchers, the New York City Department of Social Services also connected a record number of New Yorkers in shelter to subsidized permanent housing.<\/p>\n

More than 14,600 households moved out of shelter using a variety of rental subsidies, reflecting a 24 percent increase year over year. The majority of these households used CityFHEPS to obtain stable housing, reflecting a 40 percent increase in shelter exits using city-funded rental assistance. Finally, more than 4,400 households used CityFHEPS vouchers to stay in their homes and avoid shelter.<\/p>\n

This year, Mayor Adams doubled down on his commitment to building more affordable housing. In his fourth state of the city address last month, Mayor Adams unveiled the \u201cManhattan Plan,\u201d which will create 100,000 new homes in the borough, bringing the total number of homes in Manhattan to 1 million over the next decade.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Mayor Adams and HPD celebrated a $82 million investment to put homeownership within reach for more New Yorkers\u00a0by expanding the\u00a0home first down payment assistance program.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a city where half of renters are rent-burdened and construction is not keeping pace with demand, we must utilize every square inch of available space to build more affordable housing,\u201d said\u00a0New York State Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud of my work in our state capitol to jumpstart housing production, helping pass the 485-x tax credit, the updated FAR cap, and office conversions. Through our work, HPD has broken records for back-to-back years in production of units for the formerly homeless, senior housing, and supportive housing. That is thousands more families with roofs over their heads and the support they need to grow and thrive. I am continuing my work to expedite housing production, authoring bills to provide access to adjoining lots, construct 3D-printed housing, and create catalogs of pre-approved housing designs. Together, we will continue to produce the safe, affordable housing that all New Yorkers deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs chair of the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, I am committed to working collaboratively with my colleagues and the Administration to address our city’s housing crisis by prioritizing the creation of more affordable housing and expanding access for all New Yorkers,\u201d said\u00a0<\/strong>New York City Councilmember Kevin C. Riley.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese record-breaking efforts are a crucial step in building a more inclusive city, where housing is accessible to working families, seniors, and those who have experienced homelessness. We must continue to break down barriers in zoning and development to ensure that every New Yorker has the opportunity to live in safe, affordable, and supportive housing. The work being done today will shape the future of our communities and pave the way for a more equitable and sustainable New York City.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe New York Building Congress has been with the Adams administration from the jump in pushing more affordable housing production, and it’s exciting to see the Administration’s aggressive work pay constant dividends,\u201d said\u00a0Carlo A. Scissura, Esq., president and CEO, New York Building Congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the moonshot goal, to City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, to this announcement, we’re honored to both cheer this advance for New Yorkers and start building these homes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing is more important to the health and vitality of our city than bringing more affordable housing to market,\u201d said\u00a0Jolie Milstein, CEO and president, NYSAFAH, the New York State Association for Affordable Housing.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Yorkers expect and deserve leaders who will focus like a laser on building and preserving affordable housing. The progress made over the last two years will help more parents raise their families in the city they love, provide support to vulnerable seniors, and offer lifechanging opportunities for formerly homeless residents. We look forward to working with city and state leaders to build on this progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNew York\u2019s affordable housing engine has kicked into high gear. We applaud the Adams administration on financing a record number of affordable apartments, including big numbers for the hardest kinds of units to deliver,\u201d said\u00a0David Schwartz, principal, Slate Property Group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a sustained focus on the housing crisis from City Hall that\u2019s changing laws and putting more projects in the ground than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCongratulations\u202fto the dedicated housing team at HPD, HDC, and City Hall for making home in the city more affordable for almost 30,000 New York families this past year,\u201d said\u00a0Christie Peale, CEO\/executive director, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Inc.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is especially encouraging that the number of affordable homeownership opportunities created this year more than doubled last year’s production. New Yorkers all across the city are looking for that chance to own and stay rooted in our neighborhoods, and these investments make that possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSupportive housing is fundamental to ensuring that New Yorkers with significant unmet housing and service needs have access to safe, stable, and affordable homes,\u201d said\u00a0Pascale Leone, executive director, Supportive Housing Network of New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith New York City experiencing an unprecedented 59 percent increase in homelessness in just one year, we commend the city\u2019s continued commitment to the most effective solution: supportive housing. For a second year in a row, the city has achieved record supportive housing production, delivering 2,761 critically needed units.\u202f To meet this growing crisis head-on, we must maximize existing resources to create desperately needed congregate units under NYC 15\/15. By doing so, we can sustain and surpass the past two year\u2019s progress, ensuring that tenants receive the housing and services they need and deserve.\u201d\u202f<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Interfaith Assembly applauds the success of the Adams Administration and its extraordinary team for back to back record years of progress in producing housing units for formerly homeless New Yorkers, supportive units for New Yorkers with special needs, the most senior units, the most extremely low income units and record years of connecting New Yorkers to permanent housing, among other impressive achievements,\u201d said\u00a0Marc L. Greenberg, executive director, Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd this, during a period when it grappled with an unprecedented migrant crisis. In the coming year,\u202fwe urge the mayor and his team to help even more of our brothers and sisters on our streets and in our shelters to find their way indoors in safe, decent, and dignified housing as contributing members of their communities. New York’s faith community stands ready to do our part to work with our government partners towards a day when homelessness is no longer a chronic reality but a short-term result of personal crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the challenges of tackling housing insecurity and homelessness, under the leadership of Mayor Eric Adams, we\u2019ve seen back-to-back record-breaking years of moving people off the streets, out of shelters, and into homes. Each year, we are outpacing the last, proving that when you think outside the box and challenge the status quo, real progress happens,\u201d said\u00a0Shams DaBaron,\u00a0\u2018Da Housing Hero.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud to be in partnership with an administration that works tirelessly to save lives and provide housing security to people like me. And I will continue doing everything in my power to support this mission\u2014ensuring that our unsheltered brothers and sisters on the streets and subways, those in shelters or couch-surfing, the child aging out of foster care, the college student, gig workers, city workers and every New Yorker in need of affordable housing have a pathway to stability. Each year, we see real, measurable, and record-breaking progress in helping New Yorkers live better lives. With Mayor Eric Adams, his administration, advocates and partners like me, people who have experienced chronic homelessness and housing instability are able to not just survive but also rise and thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cToday’s announcement brings focus to the city\u2019s housing supply crisis, including the dire need for units for our most vulnerable New Yorkers,\u201d said\u00a0James Whelan, president, Real Estate Board of New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is critically important that the public and private sectors have the right tools to build momentum and ramp up production of new housing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHabitat remains committed to affordable homeownership, and the CY24 housing production announcement reflects meaningful progress, with an increase in affordable homeownership housing production over the past year,\u201d said\u00a0Sabrina Lippman, CEO, Habitat for Humanity of New York City and Westchester County.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Adams administration has prioritized tackling the housing crisis, understanding the vital importance affordable homeownership plays, and we look forward to working with the administration to continue this momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n

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