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INHS renovation plan draws tenant worries about bedroom conversions and potential displacement
Summary
Tenants at INHS’s Henry St. John building and INHS staff debated a renovation that would convert several three-bedroom units to smaller units and convert the building to all-electric systems. INHS said no resident will be permanently displaced but acknowledged HCR rules on unit sizing could require temporary moves and reassignment to appropriately sized units.
A tenant and INHS officials sparred over how a planned renovation of the Henry St. John building could affect current residents during the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency public hearing.
Rebecca Kramer, a current Henry St. John tenant, said she and others learned about INHS’s application only recently and alleged inaccuracies in the renovation materials that describe three-bedroom units as occupied by single individuals. Kramer said changing layouts to create smaller one-bedroom units could displace long-term residents and cause real hardship.
INHS’s response: Lynn Truame, director of real estate development at Ithaca Neighborhood Housing…
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