Senior Fair Housing Planner Division of Neighborhood Development and Stabilization

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city’s housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.

We maintain building and resident safety and health. We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability. We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

The Office of Neighborhood Strategies (ONS) is charged with ensuring that HPD’s development and preservation efforts are guided by meaningful community engagement and coordinated with public investments in infrastructure and services, as put forth in the Mayor's Housing Plan. ONS is composed of two divisions and a cross-divisional unit reporting to the Deputy Commissioner:

• The Division of Neighborhood Development & Stabilization (ND&S) leads the agency's commitment to neighborhood planning and strategic preservation through engagement with tenants, landlords, community leaders, and neighborhood stakeholders as we work to enable strong and healthy neighborhoods anchored by affordable housing. The Senior Fair Housing Planner is a member of this Division.
• The Division of Planning & Predevelopment (P&P) is central to developing and managing HPD's housing production pipeline from project proposal phases through the land use review and entitlement process, to ensure that HPD's investments contribute to building strong, healthy, resilient neighborhoods in all five boroughs.
• The Strategy and Operations Unit leads special ONS initiatives and provides essential technical, planning, and policy support to staff and the Deputy Commissioner of Neighborhood Strategies.

As the Senior Fair Housing Planner for the Equitable Neighborhood Initiatives team in the Division of Neighborhood Development and Stabilization, you will work at the intersection of planning, policy, and public engagement. Our team’s work ensures that HPD investments leverage and incentivize other public and private investments to achieve broader community objectives that strengthen the social, economic, and physical health of neighborhoods.

The Equitable Neighborhood Initiatives Unit and its sister team, Neighborhood Planning, partner with other HPD divisions, City and State agencies, local stakeholders, and community-based organizations to facilitate comprehensive, community-based planning processes; produce neighborhood housing plans and policies; and implement policy-related planning initiatives, including Where We Live NYC.

Under the direction of the Director of Equitable Neighborhood Initiatives, you will implement policy and planning initiatives in connection with the City’s obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. In this role, you will help develop meaningful solutions that promote a more just and inclusive New York City. Alongside the team’s Senior Fair Housing Outreach Coordinator and Fair Housing Planner and HPD’s Division of Housing Policy, you will work at the forefront of some of the most challenging affordable housing policy issues in New York City to confront discrimination, segregation, and disparities in access to housing and opportunity.

Your role focuses on advancing and engaging the public on the City’s Fair Housing Framework established under Local Law 167(2023). Key components include:

• Where We Live NYC, the City's five-year fair housing plan, which identifies goals and strategies to address NYC’s barriers to fair housing. ONS leads ongoing implementation of plan commitments including equity-focused mapping tools and Racial Equity Reports for land use applications.
• Three 2026 fair housing reports to ensure that all communities contribute equitably to addressing NYC's housing crisis: long-term housing needs assessment, citywide and community district housing production targets, a strategic equity framework. ONS is leading the housing production targets.

Your role will also support the Neighborhood Planning Unit’s portfolio as needed. Possible projects include community engagement, data analysis, and other…