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The Association for Neighborhood andHousing Development held its AnnualMeeting on Nov. 12 at the Bubble Lounge inTribeca, where more than 80 members,board, staff, and friends celebrated ANHD’saccomplishments over the past year. Thefestive crowd also cheered the election ofMargaret Chin, Brad Lander, and JumaaneWilliams—former ANHD Board Membersand colleagues—to the New York CityCouncil.
All three Council Members-elect hadinspiring and hopeful words for groupscommitted to building strong, vibrant, andaffordable neighborhoods in our city.Representing Chinatown and the Lower
East Side, Chin thanked her supporters andpledged she would remain committed in hernew position to her strong, vocal advocacyfor affordable housing. Representing ParkSlope, Carroll Gardens, and Borough Park,Lander stressed that the city’s high rate ofhomelessness was unacceptable, anddeplored the need of so many New Yorkersto pay an unsustainable portion of theirincomes for housing. Representing Flatbush,East Flatbush, and the Flatlands, Williamsalso strongly reiterated his commitment toensuring that all New Yorkers have access toaffordable housing. The three new CouncilMembers stressed how much they value theefforts of ANHD and the importance ofworking together going forward.
During the formal part of the event,Board President Michelle de la Uz,Executive Director of the Fifth AvenueCommittee, acknowledged the leadership ofANHD’s new Executive Director, BenjaminDulchin. De la Uz congratulated Dulchin formaking great strides to build on ANHD’slong, successful track record of high-impactadvocacy. She also outlined this year’sprogrammatic highlights, including:
• Launching the Center forNeighborhood Leadership, a joint project ofANHD and the New York ImmigrationCoalition aimed at establishing a permanentinfrastructure in New York City to promoteand bolster community organizing andleadership development. The Center’s firstclass of 10 community organizingapprentices are now working with hostgroups throughout the city.
• Completing the first year of the secondfour-year cycle of the Initiative forNeighborhood and Community Organizing(INCO), a partnership between ANHD andthe Neighborhood Opportunities Fund, alocal donors collaborative. The 15 INCO-supported groups are building a strong
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UPKEEP OF AFFORDABLEMULTI-FAMILY HOUSING
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ANHD Celebrates2009 Achievements;
Maps AmbitiousAgenda for 2010
NYC Council Members- elect (L-R) Margaret Chin, Jumaane Williams and Brad Lander
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grassroots voice in the housingmovement, focusing on organizingtenants to resist displacement frompredatory equity-owned properties,and increasing public pressure on thecity and state to keep their pledge topreserve Battery Park City proceedsfor affordable housing.
• Hosting a National Conveningon Permanent Affordability at the FordFoundation attended by over 65housing officials, policy experts,CDCs, and advocates from acrossthe country. Participants shared bestpractices and workable models; HPDCommissioner Rafael Cestero gavethe keynote address, noting that thecity was actively exploring permanentaffordability strategies.
• Taking a more industrywide andstrategic approach to BankReinvestment Advocacy. ANHD metwith banks, regulators and electedofficials to ensure that partnershipspromoting lending and investment inour communities are maintained andstrengthened in a meaningful way.
• Releasing a new report,“Predatory Equity: Evolution of aCrisis,” which details the impendingstorm of default and foreclosure ofvastly overleveraged rentalproperties and advocatesmeasures to secure these buildingsas affordable housing. ANHD isalso training and supportingmember organizations working toresist the harassment anddisplacement of tenants.
• Preserving federally assistedhousing projects. ANHD played a keyrole in Belmont Arthur LDC’sacquisition of Findlay Plaza, a Section202 property that is home to over 160senior citizens.
• Working to assist first-timehomebuyers and stem the tide offoreclosures through the comp-rehensive activities of the New YorkMortgage Coalition.
Board Treasurer Deb Howard,Executive Director of Pratt AreaCommunity Council, welcomed threenew ANHD Board members andthanked two members who were
1 ANHD Board Members (L-R) Barbara Lowry, Northern ManhattanImprovement Corporation; Andrew Friedman, Make The Road New York;Chris Kui, Asian Americans for Equality; Seema Agnani, Chhaya CommunityDevelopment Corporation; Frank Lang, St. Nick’s Alliance; Michelle de la Uz,Fifth Avenue Committee; Cathy Herman, Goddard Riverside; Deb Howard,Pratt Area Community Council; Michelle Neugebauer, Cypress Hills LDC. 2Emily Goldstein, Tenants & Neighbors and Brandon Kielbasa, Cooper SquareCommittee 3 Rob Bannon, Hudson Planning Group and Kimberly Allman, NewYork Mortgage Coalition 4 Louise Seely, Housing Court Answers; AndrewFriedman; Jumaane Williams, NYC Council Member-elect and BenjaminDulchin, ANHD Executive Director 5 Karen Gellen, ANHD, Mose Gates,ANHD, Maggie Russell-Ciardi, Tenants & Neighbors; Andrew Friedman 6 PrattArea Community Council staff (lL-R) Elana Schneyer, Drew Kiriazides, OrlyGilat, and Deb Howard
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1 Laura Tavormina, West Side Federation For Senior and Supportive Housing;Dena Davis, Manhattan Valley Development Corp; Jay Marcus, HopeCommunity Inc.; Moses Gates, ANHD 2 Steven Choi, Minkwan Center 3 DavidPagan, Los Sures 4 Sarah Desmond, Housing Conservation Coordinators andBrad Lander, NYC Council Member-elect 5 Andrea Phillips-Merriman, BNIA 6Moses Gates and Frazier Holloway, ANHD 7 David Shuffler Jr., ANHD andJumaane Williams, NYC Council Member-elect 8 Benjamin Dulchin, KarenGellen, and Peter Williams, Mid-Bronx Desperadoes Community Housing Corp9 Seema Agnani, Chhaya CDC; and Sadia Rahman, Urban Justice Center
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ANHD is thrilled to welcome SeemaAgnani, Executive Director of ChhayaCDC; Cathy Herman, Director ofHousing at Goddard RiversideCommunity Center; and Chris Kui,Executive Director of AsianAmericans for Equality, as new BoardMembers.
We were sad to announce thedeparture of two dedicated BoardMembers: Robin LeBaron, formerly ofHope Community, and SarahGerecke of Neighborhood HousingServices.
LeBaron moved to Washington, D.C.,to join an environmental consultingfirm, and Gerecke is the newExecutive Director of the FurmanCenter for Real Estate and UrbanPolicy at NYU.
Annual Meeting participants toastedANHD’s 2009 achievements andcommitted to a full, vigorousaffordable housing agenda for theNew Year.
For more information about ANHD’sinitiatives for 2010, please contactKaren Gellen at [email protected].
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1 Frank Garzoni and Eunide Alexandre, AlexandreFoundation 2 Daniella van Gennep and Hannah Leider,VanGennep Design 3 Frank Lang 4 David Kene, ANHD;Melissa S. Lee, NYC Economic Development Corporation5 AAFE staff (L-R) Jo-Anne Yu, Richard Lee and ChrisKui 6 Michelle de la Uz, Deb Howard, Seema Agnani,Sheena Wright, Abyssinian Development Corp.; BenjaminDulchin 7 Lillyanne T. Alexander, LISC; Emily Goldstein;David Hanzel, ANHD 8 Janelle Green, NHS; TamaraCzyzck, CASA New Settlement; Erika Stallings, NYIC.
The New York Mortgage Coalition (NYMC) is a unique collaboration of financial institutionsand community housing agencies dedicated to helping low to moderate-income familiesbecome first-time homebuyers in the Greater New York area. Through financial workshopsand one-to-one homeownership counseling, NYMC’s eight community groups educatequalified borrowers into becoming responsible home buyers. Participating lenders providecompetitive, fixed-rate loans which may include closing cost and down payment subsidieson a need basis.
For more information on joining the New York Mortgage Coalition please contact:
Ken Inadomi, [email protected]
Every year the New York Mortgage Coalitionhelps thousands of renters prepare
for homeownership.
NYMC’s Financial Institutions:
Amalgamated Bank, Astoria Federal Savings Bank,Bank of America, Capital One Bank, Citibank, EverBank,HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, M & T Bank.
NYMC’s Community Housing Agencies:
Asian Americans For Equality, Cypress Hills LocalDevelopment Corporation, Harlem Congregations forCommunity Improvement, Housing Partnership DevelopmentCorp., Housing Action Council, Long Island HousingPartnership, Neighbors Helping Neighbors,and Pratt Area Community Council.
Creating affordable homeownership
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Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation announcesthat applications are being accepted for 12 two and three -bedroom condominium units located at 509 Glenmore Avenuein the East New York section of Brooklyn.
For more information visit the website by clicking here.
Habitat for Humanity Announces brand new, LEED certified,affordable studio apartments available in the Longwood sectionof the Bronx. Own a bright, airy co-op apartment, whichfeatures large windows, high ceilings, hardwood floors, and apass through kitchen with breakfast bar. Only a short walk fromsubways, parks and shopping. Building is located at 715 FoxStreet in the Bronx. For details or to download an application,visit: www.habitatnyc.org/own or call the application hotlineat: (212) 991-4000 ext. 327.
The FMR for an area is the amount that would be needed topay the gross rent (shelter rent plus utilities) of privatelyowned, decent, and safe rental housing of a modest (non-luxury) nature with suitable amenities. In addition, all rentssubsidized under the Housing Choice Voucher program -Section 8 Vouchers -must meet reasonable rent standards. Inaddition to determining payment standard amounts for theHousing Choice Voucher program, the FMR is used todetermine initial renewal rents for some expiring project-basedSection 8 contracts, to determine initial rents for housingassistance payment (HAP) contracts in the ModerateRehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program (Mod Rehab),and to serve as a rent ceiling in the HOME rental assistanceprogram. In the New York Metropolitan area, FMR increasedslightly for studios and 1 bedroom apartments, but decreased
by a comparable amount for larger apartments.
AARP, in a new report, recommends preserving affordablehousing near transit. The report, co-authored by the NationalHousing Trust and Reconnecting America, has found that morethan 250,000 privately-owned federally subsidized apartmentsexist within walking distance to quality transit in 20 metro area.With demand to live near transit on the rise, this criticalhousing resource is increasingly at risk in the face of upwardpressure on housing prices and expiring government subsidies.The report concludes that preserving affordable housing neartransit is essential for creating livable communities for olderAmericans. To read the entire report, visit: AARP Report
Assets For Independence grants applications are dueJanuary 15, 2010. AFI enables community-based nonprofitsand government agencies to implement and demonstrate anassets-based approach for giving low-income families a handup out of poverty. The program enables grantees to set upIndividual Development Accounts to help families save forhomeownership or other asset building goals. For moreinformation or an application click here.
DHCR seeks proposals to supplement compliancemonitoring of weatherization program. Due to the largeincrease in Weatherization funds through ARRA, DHCR isseeking to supplement the compliance monitoring activites ofthe Agency. Proposals will be accepted from individuals, for-profit firms, not-for-profit corporations, and partnerships toprovide the required services. Bidders must have experience inbuilding science, construction field monitoring, or theinstallation or supervision of the installation of energy efficiencymeasures. Proposals are due November 2, 2009. To apply,click here.
Resources and NoticesThis area highlights available resources and fundingopportunities for nonprofit organizations.
Studio 1Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom
FY 2010 $1129 $1222 $1359 $1672
FY 2009 $1091 $1180 $1313 $1615
% Change +3.5% +3.6% -3.5% -3.5%
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APAPARTMENTS FOR SALE OR FOR RENTARTMENTS FOR SALE OR FOR RENT
AFFORDABLE STUDIOS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIPAFFORDABLE STUDIOS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP
HUD RELEASESHUD RELEASES FYFY 2010 F2010 FAIRAIR MARKETMARKET RENTS (FMR)RENTS (FMR)
NEW REPORTS ON NEW REPORTS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSINGAFFORDABLE HOUSING
COMPLIANCE WATCH OF WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM
ASSETS FOR INDENPENDENCE GRANT APPLICATIONS
MAINTENANCE OF AFFORDABLE MULTI-FAMILYHOUSING
ANHD will offer this popular course on the maintenance of affordablehousing properties, with a focus on retrofitting for greater energyefficiency to reduce environmental impact and operating costs over time.This 5-session course is specifically geared to building managers,superintendents & maintenance staff. Site visits to affordable housingprojects will be an important part of the curriculum. Groups sign up forthe whole series and may send any one staff person they want from theirorganization for any single presentation.
DECEMBER 3, 2009 - UNDERSTANDING UP-CLOSE THE BUILDINGENVELOPE AND MAJOR SYSTEMS with Aaron Lewit: Field Trip ToConstruction Site. A prominent construction contractor will guide usthrough a construction site to see & understand the major buildingsystems prior to various items being enclosed.
DECEMBER 10, 2009 - MAINTAINING & OPERATING HEATINGPLANTS: Anthony Treglia, Chair, Dept. of Environmental Control &Facilities Management, CityTech-CUNY, will teach us about combustion,boilers & heating distribution systems at CityTech in Brooklyn.
TIME: Thursdays from 1:00 PM. - 4:30 PM. LOCATION: ANHD offices, unless otherwise indicated. COST: $250.00 per person ($150/ANHD members). Advanceregistration required. Seating is limited with priority given toANHD members. TO REGISTER: Mail this form with payment to ANHD, 50 BroadSt., Ste. 1125, NY, NY 10004, Attn: Rita Mazza, or fax to 212-747-1114. (Make checks payable to ANHD)
Email Mike Bucci at [email protected] or Moses Gates [email protected] with questions about this training.
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Calendar of EventsSubmission deadline: Items for The Reader, Calendar of Eventsfor December 4th issue must be received by Tuesday, December 1st.
Bridge Street Development Corporation is seeking anEconomic Development Specialist.
The specialist is responsible for the development andimplementation of program activities that will enhance economicdevelopment in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community of Brooklyn.Responsibilities include serving as a broker in recruiting andassisting businesses interested in locating in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Developing and implementing a businessrecruitment and retention campaign. Organizing and growingmerchants associations.
Qualifications: The successful candidate must possess anddemonstrate the ability and understanding of business principlesand local, regional, and state government or the businessequivalent of building partnerships to achieve a goal. Thecandidate must have excellent oral and written communicationskills. He or she must also be innovative and energetic withexcellent planning skills, proven project management skills andexpertise in team building. Bachelor’s degree in economics,marketing, planning, business administration or related field,and five years of increasingly responsible work experience inany combination of public or private business, real estate oreconomic development, including a minimum of two yearsexperience in small business management. Masters Degreepreferred. Email cover letter and resume [email protected].
Bridge Street Development Corporation, an innovative andprogressive faith-based community developmentcorporation located in the historic Bedford-Stuyvesantcommunity of Brooklyn is seeking a Community Organizer. The organizer will educate and engage community leaders andresidents in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community to improvepublic safety and implement neighborhood improvementprojects. The organizer will also work with other BSDC staff toensure that BSDC’s housing and economic developmentprograms improve the overall well-being of residents in theneighborhood. Qualifications: BA/BS, minimum of five yearsexperience working within the community development field,including organizing and developing resident leadership,leveraging financial and technical resources to produce tangible
improvement in neighborhoods and facilitating collaborativeefforts among community leaders, non-profits and publicagencies. Self-starter, computer literate with excellentcommunication skills. Send resume and cover letter [email protected].
The Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC)seeks a Project Manager.
Responsibilities: Help implement an innovative, community-widesustainability initiative that seeks to coordinate everything frombuilding retrofits to a wide-ranging participatory planningprocess. Manage all aspects of the predevelopment process;update development and operating budgets; Oversee designand construction process with architects and contractors;Handle ongoing monitoring, requisition and compliance ofprojects under construction; Identify new communitydevelopment opportunities, conduct feasibility analyses(including financial analysis) and prepare applications forfunding.
Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Planning, RealEstate or Finance preferred. 3 to 5 years professional workexperience, including project management. At least 2 yearsexperience in housing and/or community development. Solidknowledge of the construction process; familiarity with greenbuilding methods and materials. Excellent communication(written and oral) and computer skills. Spanish-speaking a hugeplus. Salary: $45,000-$55,000, based on experience. Sendresume and cover letter to: [email protected].
WHEDCo is seeking a Project Manager for HousingDevelopment to work on new and ongoing constructionand energy efficiency rehabilitation projects in the Bronx.Position reports to the Director of Housing and CommunityDevelopment. Ideal candidate has 2+ years of affordablehousing development and finance experience. Competitivesalary based on experience and excellent benefits.
How to Apply: Send cover letter and resume, along with whereyou heard about the job posting, to [email protected]. Please,no phone calls. We will contact qualified applicants forinterview.
Job ListingsTo place an ad in the next issue, fax copy to ANHDat (212) 747-1114 or email [email protected]. The deadline for the December 4th issue is December 1st.
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Job Postings for ANHD Members are now FREE.For non-Members, 1 issue costs $35, 2 issues cost $60 and 3 issues cost $75.PLEASE limit copy to 100 words. ANHD INC.reserves the right to edit text. To place an ad in the next issue, fax copy to The ANHD Inc. Reader at (212) 747-1114 or emailto [email protected].
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