Housing and Community Renewal, Division of
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Mission
The Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) is responsible for the supervision, maintenance, and development of affordable low- and moderate-income housing in New York State. DHCR performs a number of activities, including oversight and regulation of the State’s public and publically assisted rental housing; administration of the State’s rent regulations and protection of rent regulated tenants; and administration of housing development and community preservation programs, including State and Federal grants and loans to housing developers to finance construction and renovation of affordable housing.
Organization and Staffing
DHCR maintains three main offices and two regional offices in Buffalo and Syracuse. Main offices in Albany and Manhattan are responsible for agency-wide administrative functions and the development and execution of DHCR's policies for its Community Development and Housing programs. DHCR's Rent Administration program is administered through the main office in Queens and local offices in rent regulated communities.
Budget Highlights
The FY 2018 Executive Budget recommends $805 million in appropriations, as well as $2 billion in reappropriations targeted for the Affordable and Homeless Housing Plan.
The Executive Budget recommends a workforce of 682 FTEs, unchanged from the FY 2017 Budget.
Major budget actions include:
- The FY 2018 Executive Budget continues funding to support full implementation of the five year investment for the Affordable and Homeless Plan, which will create new housing opportunities for individuals in need of supportive services and provide resources to support vulnerable populations in securing stable housing.
- The Executive Budget utilizes $41.5 million in excess reserves from the Mortgage Insurance Fund to support the Neighborhood and Rural Preservation Programs and the Rural Rental Assistance Program through the Housing Trust Fund Corporation, as well as homeless housing programs through the Homeless Housing and Assistance Corporation.
- The Executive Budget includes legislation that reinstates and reforms the tax benefit program for development of housing in NYC, which has been suspended since January 2016. The program will expand the production of affordable housing and provide fair wages for construction workers. The reforms will apply to new Housing developments with 300 or more units below 96th Street in Manhattan, and near the East River in Brooklyn and Queens, and include:
- Creating three new affordability options specifically for these developments;
- Requiring developers to pay an average hourly wage to construction workers of $60 in Manhattan, and $45 in Brooklyn and Queens;
- Providing developments with a 100% abatement on all units, affordable and market rate, for the 35 years following construction. Only affordable units receive the benefit for years 26-35 under current law; and
- Extending the affordability period from 35 to 40 years.
For more information on this agency's budget recommendations located in the Executive Budget Briefing Book, click on the following link:
Briefing Book – Human Services (PDF)
Program Highlights
- Finance and Development – Funds the development and preservation of affordable housing, including the Low Income Housing Tax Credit programs, tax exempt and taxable bond finance programs, single family loan and capital awards programs.
- Housing Preservation - Oversees programs that maintain and enhance the State’s portfolio of existing affordable housing, including DHCR’s Public Housing portfolio, the Office of Rent Administration, the Section 8 Program, Asset Management, and the Weatherization Assistance Program.
- Community Renewal - Supports programs targeting community and economic development, job creation and downtown revitalization, including the NYS Community Development Block Grant program, New York’s Main Street
Program, the Affordable Housing Corporation, the Neighborhood Stabilization program and the Neighborhood and Rural Preservation Programs.
| Category | Available FY 2017 |
Appropriations Recommended FY 2018 |
Change From FY 2017 |
Reappropriations Recommended FY 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Operations | 88,987,000 | 96,441,000 | 7,454,000 | 100,605,000 |
| Aid To Localities | 86,101,000 | 84,983,000 | (1,118,000) | 479,490,000 |
| Capital Projects | 2,070,675,000 | 623,725,000 | (1,446,950,000) | 2,355,272,000 |
| Total | 2,245,763,000 | 805,149,000 | (1,440,614,000) | 2,935,367,000 |
| Program | FY 2017 Estimated FTEs 03/31/17 |
FY 2018 Estimated FTEs 03/31/18 |
FTE Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| F&D - Community Development | |||
| General Fund | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Capital Projects Funds - Federal | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| OHP - Low Income Weatherization | |||
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| OHP - Rent Administration | |||
| General Fund | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 346 | 346 | 0 |
| OHP - Housing | |||
| General Fund | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 68 | 68 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 87 | 87 | 0 |
| OPS - Administration | |||
| General Fund | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 38 | 38 | 0 |
| Total | 682 | 682 | 0 |
| Fund Type | Available FY 2017 |
Recommended FY 2018 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Fund | 12,539,000 | 12,474,000 | (65,000) |
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 15,821,000 | 16,063,000 | 242,000 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 60,627,000 | 67,904,000 | 7,277,000 |
| Total | 88,987,000 | 96,441,000 | 7,454,000 |
| Adjustments: | |||
| Transfer(s) From | |||
| Special Pay Bill | |||
| General Fund | (974,000) | ||
| Appropriated FY 2017 | 88,013,000 | ||
| Program | Available FY 2017 |
Recommended FY 2018 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| F&D - Community Development | |||
| General Fund | 689,000 | 689,000 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 7,956,000 | 8,167,000 | 211,000 |
| OCR - Community Renewal | |||
| General Fund | 327,000 | 327,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Low Income Weatherization | |||
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 4,591,000 | 4,658,000 | 67,000 |
| OHP - Rent Administration | |||
| General Fund | 1,825,000 | 1,825,000 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 39,103,000 | 45,621,000 | 6,518,000 |
| OHP - Housing | |||
| General Fund | 864,000 | 864,000 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 11,230,000 | 11,405,000 | 175,000 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 8,841,000 | 9,406,000 | 565,000 |
| OPS - Administration | |||
| General Fund | 7,800,000 | 7,735,000 | (65,000) |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 4,727,000 | 4,710,000 | (17,000) |
| OPS - Housing Information Systems | |||
| General Fund | 1,034,000 | 1,034,000 | 0 |
| Total | 88,987,000 | 96,441,000 | 7,454,000 |
| Program | Total | Personal Service Regular (Annual Salaried) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| F&D - Community Development | 684,000 | 0 | 674,000 | 0 |
| OCR - Community Renewal | 322,000 | 0 | 315,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Rent Administration | 1,787,000 | 0 | 1,784,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Housing | 859,000 | 0 | 855,000 | 0 |
| OPS - Administration | 2,037,000 | (65,000) | 2,022,000 | (65,000) |
| Total | 5,689,000 | (65,000) | 5,650,000 | (65,000) |
| Program | Temporary Service (Nonannual Salaried) |
Holiday/Overtime Pay | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| F&D - Community Development | 0 | 0 | 10,000 | 0 |
| OCR - Community Renewal | 0 | 0 | 7,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Rent Administration | 0 | 0 | 3,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Housing | 0 | 0 | 4,000 | 0 |
| OPS - Administration | 0 | 0 | 15,000 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 39,000 | 0 |
| Program | Total | Supplies and Materials | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| F&D - Community Development | 5,000 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
| OCR - Community Renewal | 5,000 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Rent Administration | 38,000 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Housing | 5,000 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
| OPS - Administration | 5,698,000 | 0 | 288,000 | 0 |
| OPS - Housing Information Systems | 1,034,000 | 0 | 23,000 | 0 |
| Total | 6,785,000 | 0 | 315,000 | 0 |
| Program | Travel | Contractual Services | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| F&D - Community Development | 2,000 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
| OCR - Community Renewal | 2,000 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Rent Administration | 35,000 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Housing | 2,000 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
| OPS - Administration | 157,000 | 0 | 5,003,000 | 0 |
| OPS - Housing Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 999,000 | 400,000 |
| Total | 198,000 | 0 | 6,006,000 | 400,000 |
| Program | Equipment | |
|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | |
| F&D - Community Development | 1,000 | 0 |
| OCR - Community Renewal | 1,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Rent Administration | 1,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Housing | 1,000 | 0 |
| OPS - Administration | 250,000 | 0 |
| OPS - Housing Information Systems | 12,000 | (400,000) |
| Total | 266,000 | (400,000) |
| Program | Total | Personal Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| F&D - Community Development | 8,167,000 | 211,000 | 4,250,000 | (43,000) |
| OHP - Low Income Weatherization | 4,658,000 | 67,000 | 2,543,000 | (42,000) |
| OHP - Rent Administration | 45,621,000 | 6,518,000 | 25,035,000 | 2,149,000 |
| OHP - Housing | 20,811,000 | 740,000 | 11,631,000 | (175,000) |
| OPS - Administration | 4,710,000 | (17,000) | 2,717,000 | (17,000) |
| Total | 83,967,000 | 7,519,000 | 46,176,000 | 1,872,000 |
| Program | Nonpersonal Service | |
|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | |
| F&D - Community Development | 3,917,000 | 254,000 |
| OHP - Low Income Weatherization | 2,115,000 | 109,000 |
| OHP - Rent Administration | 20,586,000 | 4,369,000 |
| OHP - Housing | 9,180,000 | 915,000 |
| OPS - Administration | 1,993,000 | 0 |
| Total | 37,791,000 | 5,647,000 |
| Fund Type | Available FY 2017 |
Recommended FY 2018 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Fund | 5,374,000 | 4,256,000 | (1,118,000) |
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 72,500,000 | 72,500,000 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 8,227,000 | 8,227,000 | 0 |
| Total | 86,101,000 | 84,983,000 | (1,118,000) |
| Program | Available FY 2017 |
Recommended FY 2018 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| F&D - Housing Development Fund Program | |||
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 8,227,000 | 8,227,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Tenant Pilot Program | |||
| General Fund | 1,000,000 | 0 | (1,000,000) |
| OCR - Small Cities Community Development Block Grant | |||
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 40,000,000 | 40,000,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Low Income Weatherization | |||
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 32,500,000 | 32,500,000 | 0 |
| OHP - Periodic Subsidies - Local Areas | |||
| General Fund | 4,374,000 | 4,256,000 | (118,000) |
| Total | 86,101,000 | 84,983,000 | (1,118,000) |
| Comprehensive Construction Program | Available FY 2017 |
Recommended FY 2018 |
Change | Reappropriations FY 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affordable Housing Corporation | ||||
| Housing Program Fund | 26,000,000 | 26,000,000 | 0 | 111,049,000 |
| Access to Home | ||||
| Housing Program Fund | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 0 | 1,000,000 |
| Low Income Housing Trust Fund | ||||
| Housing Program Fund | 44,200,000 | 44,200,000 | 0 | 144,076,000 |
| Housing Program | ||||
| Housing Program Fund | 1,383,475,000 | 526,525,000 | (856,950,000) | 1,383,475,000 |
| Infrastructure Investment Account | 590,000,000 | 0 | (590,000,000) | 590,000,000 |
| Housing Opportunity Program For Elderly | ||||
| Housing Program Fund | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | 0 | 1,951,000 |
| Housing Program Capital Improvement | ||||
| Capital Projects Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19,720,000 |
| State Housing Bond Fund | ||||
| State Housing Bond Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,344,000 |
| Mitchell Lama Rehabilitation and Preservation Program and All Affordable Program | ||||
| Housing Assistance Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 |
| Main Street Program | ||||
| Housing Program Fund | 4,200,000 | 4,200,000 | 0 | 4,200,000 |
| New Facilities | ||||
| Federal Capital Projects Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,027,000 |
| Public Housing Modernization Program | ||||
| Housing Program Fund | 6,400,000 | 6,400,000 | 0 | 44,601,000 |
| Homes for Working Families Program | ||||
| Housing Program Fund | 14,000,000 | 14,000,000 | 0 | 33,829,000 |
| Total | 2,070,675,000 | 623,725,000 | (1,446,950,000) | 2,355,272,000 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 1/17/2017