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Resiliency Improvements: Multi-Unit

Program Partners:

  • NYC Department of Housing preservation and Development (HPD)

Program Description

Hope Gardens

Hope and Bushwick Gardens are a community of former public housing buildings comprised of 61 separate buildings including 1,321 deeply affordable housing units and several community facilities. The developments were damaged in PTC Ida and have flooded twice since. This project will implement much needed flood protection retrofits and greatly mitigate the risk of flood-related heat and hot water service outages. The flood resiliency project will entail the new construction of centralized exterior mechanical facilities located four feet above the grade. All flood-prone equipment currently located in the basements will be removed and all building-critical infrastructure will be moved to the new centralized mechanical facilities, allowing the property to stay on-line in future flooding events. 

Resilient Community Spaces in Affordable Housing

Two low-income senior housing properties will be selected to serve as Net Positive Community Resiliency Hubs. The hubs will provide safe refuge to residents and communities during emergencies and assist in response and recovery by supporting the City’s emergency operations and outreach activities, as well as mitigation.

The selected properties, which are part of the Senior Affordable Rental Apartments (SARA) program, will be located in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods that are subject to current and future flood risk. SARA projects contain highly vulnerable populations and often people with limited mobility. These buildings are natural loci of expanded community benefit because they contain both community space and social services.

Buildings will be built to higher efficiency and resiliency standards (e.g., incorporating green roofs and/or other green infrastructure such as water retention plazas and planted community spaces). While exact interventions would be tailored to each project, funds would cover design, construction, and enhanced resiliency measures.