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HPD commissioner stresses preservation, vouchers and urgent funding needs for shelters and preservation
Summary
HPD leadership told the council HPD will aim to build and preserve housing faster while protecting tenants and using enforcement against bad actors; commissioners highlighted vacancies, reliance on federal funds and constraints on issuing new Section 8 vouchers.
New York — At the Committee on Housing and Buildings' March 24 hearing, senior HPD officials presented the agency’s FY27 priorities and stressed the twin aims of accelerating housing production while stabilizing and preserving existing affordable homes.
HPD’s testimony described a FY27 expense budget just over $1.4 billion and a capital program of roughly $2.9 billion for 2027, with a 10‑year plan that the agency said totals about $22.6 billion. The commissioner said nearly three quarters of HPD’s expense budget is federally funded and warned that federal resources are "irreplaceable and must be maintained."
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