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WEBSTER

1230 WEBSTER AVENUE, Bronx, 10456
Bronx, block 2395, lot 1
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Public Housing Restructuring
  • Planned RAD/PACT - Section 8 Conversion Under Private Management

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What do we know about what NYCHA is doing or proposing here?

In 2011, Congress created a new way for housing authorities in cities around the country to convert their buildings from public housing to Project Based Section 8 via a program called Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD). RAD is being used in cities around the country and advocates are organizing in response.

Instead of being owned by the housing authority, after RAD conversion developments will be owned by companies. Private developers own shares of these companies; housing authorities can own shares, too. This allows the authorities to draw on possibly more secure federal funding and to bring in private money invested by individuals and companies taking advantage of tax credits, bond issues and the possibility of making money from the rent that current and future tenants pay.

NYCHA will continue to own the land and lease it to a company shared by it and a private development partner that will own the buildings. Management will be done by a private company. NYCHA can control what the company does via the land lease and via its agreement with the private development partner. 

The key tenant protections that public housing residents have in New York survive a RAD conversion: 

  • all units in the converted development must remain permanently affordable (rent cannot exceed 30% of resident income)
  • residents continue to have the same succession opportunities 
  • grievance procedures 
  • residents retain the right to establish and operate a resident organization

Developers will be required to propose a plan to train and hire NYCHA residents, and proactively engage residents on a regular basis as the project moves forward.  

But that’s just the skeleton. The details are what will shape every resident’s experience of the conversion. 

Housing authorities need specific approval from HUD to put any federally-funded public housing into RAD. HUD requires a public housing authority to have meetings with twice residents before applying and to include resident comments in the application itself. After HUD gives a preliminary green light, the housing authority needs to include the conversion in a written Annual Plan or Amendment and receive comments from residents. But HUD’s approval is just one step in the process.  

Since the program was announced, residents and advocates in New York have been working with NYCHA to hammer out an implementation plan for NYC.

This campus was included in one of NYCHA’s applications to HUD for inclusion in the RAD program. 

  1. # of Current Units 604
  2. Total Number of Units 606
  3. Number of Rental Rooms 2,820
  4. Population - Section 8 Transition 0
  5. Population - Public Housing 1,453
  6. Total Population 1,453
  7. # of Families On Fixed Income 218
  8. % of Families on Fixed Income 37%
  9. # of Residential Buildings 5
  10. # of Non-Residential Buildings 1
  11. # of Stories 21
  12. Total Area (Sq Ft) 197,199.0
  13. Bldg/Land Coverage 15.85
  14. Density (Population/Acre) 321.0
  15. Development Cost $12,227,114.0
  16. Cost Per Rental Room (As Built) $4,319.0
  17. Avg. Monthly Gross Rent $579.0
  18. Senior Development no
  19. Electricity Paid By Residents no
  20. RAD/PACT Status Developments Under Consideration by HUD for Future Section 8 Conversions
  21. RAD/PACT Conversion Date Unknown
  22. RAD/PACT Developers Unknown
  23. RAD/PACT General Contractor Unknown
  24. RAD/PACT Property Manager Unknown
  25. RAD/PACT Social Service Provider Unknown

Who decides what happens to this property?

Official Owner

New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) (public)
Contact: David Pristin, Executive Vice President, External Affairs ((212) 306-3401 / David.Pristin@nycha.nyc.gov)

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Key Contacts

City Council District 16 represented by Althea Stevens
Community District Bronx 4 ( bx04@cb.nyc.gov / 718-299-0800 ), district manager: Paul Philps
Congressional District 15 represented by Ritchie Torres
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