theillinois.news rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Adi Talwar
The Williamsburg, Brooklyn cityscape
Welcome to theillinois.news’ NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. If you know of an event we should include in next week’s calendar, email [email protected].
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Upcoming Housing and Land Use-Related Events:
- Thursday, Aug. 25, 6 to 8 p.m.: The organization IMPACCT Brooklyn is hosting a free Tenants’ Rights webinar to help renters understand the language in their leases, find out what resources are available to them and learn to fight a potential eviction. For more information and to sign up for the training, email [email protected].
- Monday, Aug. 29, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.: The Met Council on Housing holds its weekly membership meeting to discuss housing-related issues, policy and upcoming campaigns. Contact [email protected] for more information.Â
- Tuesday, Aug. 30, 4 to 5:30 p.m.: The groups Rethink Penn Station and the Empire State Coalition will hold a rally on the steps of the Farley Post Office on 8th Avenue Street between 31st and 33rd Streets to protest plans to rezone and transform the area around Penn Station. More information available here.
- Wednesday, Aug. 31, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.: There will be a public hearing for comments on NYCHA’s FY2023 Draft Annual Plan at the Pace Schimmel Theater located at 3 Spruce St. in Manhattan. NYCHA residents and members of the public can submit written comments on the plan through September 2, 2022 by email to [email protected]. More information on the meeting and how to participate remotely here.
- The NYC Continuum of Care is currently accepting new project applications for funding consideration through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s annual CoC Program Notice of Funding Opportunity. The NYC CoC is accepting applications for Permanent Supportive Housing and Rapid Re-housing projects. New project applications must be submitted by Aug. 23 at 5 p.m. More here.
NYC Affordable Housing Lotteries Ending Soon
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) are closing lotteries on the following subsidized buildings over the next week:
- Manida Street Senior Apartments at 661 Manida Street in The Bronx, for households earning between $54,343 and $96,080
- TRIO at 27-19 Thomson Ave. in Queens, for households earning between ​​$88,835 and $187,330
- 535 East 12th Street Apartments in Manhattan, for households earning between $88,492 and $198,165.
- 737 Fenimore Apartments in Brooklyn, for households earning between $67,715 and $156,130.
- 1104 Bedford Avenue Apartments in Brooklyn, for households earning between $50,160 and $156,130
- 1537, 1539, 1541 Dean Street Apartments in Brooklyn, for households earning between $63,429 and $187,330
- 31-05 21st Street Apartments in Queens, for households earning between $72,000 and $187,330
- 68 Gold Street Apartments in Brooklyn, for households earning between $87,635 and $187,330
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