Bed-Stuy Housing Initiative: FAQs Vacant City-owned land on Fulton Street What is the Bed-Stuy Housing Initiative? The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development is launching an initiative that evaluates and improves HPD’s investments in preserving and developing affordable housing in Bedford-Stuyvesant through targeted stakeholder engagement. The initiative will coordinate housing- related agencies working in Bed-Stuy, to ensure that HPD programs and capital investments, including the development of vacant, City-owned land, are working towards common objectives for the neighborhood. Why Bed-Stuy? In the 1960s, Bedford Stuyvesant was the birthplace of the first Community Development Corporation, ushering in a national movement for grassroots community revitalization and affordable housing. Local leaders and organizations have worked over the past half-century to promote justice, economic development, and neighborhood stability. Today, Bedford-Stuyvesant is changing quickly. The Black population decreased by 24 percentage points from 2000 to 2017, and the non-Hispanic White population increased by roughly the same percentage. Over the last decade, the median gross rent also increased in the neighborhood by more than double the rate of New York City. Long-time residents are feeling the pressure of rising rents and a strong real estate market. HPD also owns vacant land in Bed-Stuy, some of which has been awaiting redevelopment for decades. The Bed-Stuy Housing Initiative will prioritize the development of new affordable housing on public land, and will lead a visioning process to ensure the housing responds to local needs. What will be the result of this process? At the end of the process, a report that summarizes community feedback, evaluates the impact of the agency’s work in the neighborhood, and identifies opportunities for improvement will be created and shared with the public. HPD will take steps following the release of the report to develop vacant, City-owned land. Visit nyc.gov/bedstuy for more info What are the goals? The preliminary goals are to: 1. Support homeowners and small property owners in financial distress 2. Promote safe and healthy housing and the physical well-being of properties 3. Protect tenants through more targeted outreach 4. Advance opportunities to create new affordable housing on City-owned sites 5. Support a collaborative network of housing-related partner organizations 6. Ensure affordable housing investments promote equity by increasing access to units and supporting economic development through community-serving jobs What does this process look like? ■ Public Workshops: Starting April 2019, HPD will host a series of public workshops to convene Development Opportunities Development Opportunitieshousing-related agencies and community stakeholders in Bed-Stuy. At the workshops we will: Community District 3, Bedford-Stuyvesant, BrooklynCommunity District 3, Bedford-Stuyvesant,■ Create Brooklyn a vision for the Initiative ■ Identify goals and priorities ■ Brainstorm solutions ■ Create draft strategies for implementation FLUSHIN AVENUE FLUSHIN AVENUE■ Tenant Resource Fairs: HPD will hold Tenant Resource Fairs in Bed-Stuy so tenants know their Potential Public Sites rights and what housing-related resources are available. Potential Public Sites MARCY AVE ■ Property Owner Events: HPD will support homeowners and landlords in financial distress by NOSTRAND AVE City Council Districts MARCY AVE NOSTRAND AVE City Council Districts holding events for property owners to troubleshoot issues and share resources. FRANLIN AVE ENT AVE PAR AVE CLASSON AVE FRANLIN AVE ENT AVE PAR AVE CLASSON AVE ■ Events for0 Faith-Based600 1,200 F Groups:eet HPD will connect with faith-based groups who may have underutilized¯ land and are interested in developing affordable housing. ¯ 0 600 1,200 Feet MYRTLE AVE ■ Roundtable Events: HPD will hold discussions with housing-related community partner BROADWAYMYRTLE AVE organizations to help inform the process andBROADWAY develop a strategic approach to preservation. MYRTLE AVE MYRTLE AVE WILLOUHBY AVE WILLOUHBY AVE Is this a rezoning like in East New York? WILLOUHBY AVE DEALB AVENUE WILLOUHBY AVE No, thisDEALB is AVENUEnot a rezoning or a neighborhood plan. Bed-Stuy was rezoned in 2007 and in 2012, and the Bed-Stuy Housing Initiative will work within these conditions. The initiative also will not include the DEALB AVE work of other non-housing-related agencies. The Bed-Stuy Housing Initiative is an opportunity for HPD DEALB AVE PATCHEN AVENUE to evaluate and improve its work in Bed-Stuy, and align thePATCHEN AVENUE agency’s tools and efforts so they respond LEWIS AVENUE to the unique local needs of the neighborhood. It is also an opportunity to vision for and LEINTON AVENUE LEWIS AVENUE advanceLEINTON the development AVENUE of affordable housing on vacant City-owned land. ATES AVENUE ATES AVENUE What vacant land does HPD own?Development Opportunities A bundle of sites is along Fulton Street betweenCommunity Ralph and Saratoga District Avenues, 3, another Bedford-Stuyvesant, is located on Brooklyn PUTNAM AVENUE Fulton StreetPUTNAM at AVENUE Utica Avenue, and a third is on Myrtle Avenue between Nostrand and Marcy Avenues. Fulton-Saratoga Fulton-Utica Myrtle-Marcy HALSEY STREET FLUSHIN AVENUE HALSEY STREET SARATOA AVE SARATOA AVE HOWARD AVE Potential Public Sites HOWARD AVE DECATUR ST RALPH AVE DECATUR ST RALPH AVE MARCY AVE FRANLIN AVENUE ENT AVENUE NOSTRAND AVE City Council Districts Jackie RobinsonCLASSON AVENUE Marcy Houses MACDOUAL ST Park Playground Fulton Park PAR AVE MACDOUAL ST SCHENECTADY AVE SCHENECTADY FULTON ST SCHENECTADY AVE SCHENECTADY FULTON ST 0 600 1,200 Feet FULTON ST ¯ Fish Playground FULTON ST ATLANTIC AVENUE AVE UTICA ATLANTIC AVENUE AVE UTICA ATLANTIC AVE MYRTLE AVE ATLANTIC AVE BROADWAY ATLANTIC AVE MYRTLE AVENUE ATLANTIC AVE WILLOUHBY AVE WILLOUHBY AVENUE DEALB AVENUE Sources: MapPLUTO 201 HPD Data September 25, 201 Sources: MapPLUTO 201 HPD Data September 25, 201 DEALB AVENUE PATCHEN AVENUE LEWIS AVENUE LEINTON AVENUE ATES AVENUE PUTNAM AVENUE HALSEY STREET SARATOA AVENUE HOWARD AVENUE RALPH AVENUE BAINBRIDE STREET MACDOUAL STREET SCHENECTADY AVENUE SCHENECTADY FULTON STREET FULTON STREET ATLANTIC AVENUE AVENUE UTICA ATLANTIC AVENUE ATLANTIC AVENUE Sources: MapPLUTO 201 HPD Data September 25, 201.