Project Manager for Division of Housing , Inclusionary & Universal Afford

About the Agency

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) oversees housing standards across all 3.7 million homes in New York City. As the nation’s largest municipal housing agency, HPD is responsible for building and preserving affordable housing, protecting tenants from harassment and displacement, and holding landlords accountable across the five boroughs. Under Commissioner Dina Levy and the Mamdani Administration, HPD is pursuing an ambitious housing agenda focused on the needs of New York’s tenants.

With a broad set of tools including standards enforcement, tenant resources, and the creation of new affordable housing, HPD is committed to making New York City a more affordable place for renters and homeowners alike.

The Office of Development leads the implementation of the Mayor’s Housing Plan to create or preserve 300,000 units of affordable housing by 2026. This is performed in close collaboration with HPD colleagues, other City and state agencies, and the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC).

The Office of Development is composed of nine divisions:

• Executive Office Operations and Policy
• Division of Compliance and Enforcement
• Division of Housing Incentives
• Division of Building & Land Development Services
• Division of New Construction Finance
• Division of Home ownership Opportunities & Preservation
• Division of Preservation Finance
• Division of Special Needs Housing
• Division of Portfolio Management and Conversion

As Project Manager for Inclusionary Housing Programs, Universal Affordability Program (UAP), you will help address the city’s affordable housing crisis by implementing the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, much of which will be in mixed-income developments promoting economic integration and access to neighborhoods with job opportunities and transit.

Your role will be to manage a portfolio of affordable housing projects from pre-development through completion of construction, under the direction of the unit’s Director and Senior Project Managers. Your primary role as Project Manager is to facilitate the development of affordable housing that is financially feasible and compliant with the New York City Zoning Resolution. To do so, you will interact with a variety of public and private partners on complex multi-family real estate transactions in the UAP, Voluntary IH, Mandatory IH, and Cure programs.

All Project Managers in the IH Unit are expected to perform similar duties and responsibilities to ensure a flexible and multi-disciplined team. In closing on transactions, Project Managers collaborate with other NYC agencies, including the Department of City Planning, as well as with state agencies, for- and non-profit housing and community developers, Community Boards, local organizations, and public officials.

• Review and analyze Inclusionary Housing applications from developers, which includes, but is not limited to, the following:
  • UAP, Voluntary IH, Mandatory IH, CURE and other programs
  • Financial feasibility analysis and comprehensive underwriting review
  • Zoning analysis: ensure projects are in compliance with all applicable sections of the Zoning Resolution
  • Perform due diligence in accordance with HPD’s Integrity Review policies and procedures
  • Evaluate housing proposals submitted by private developers and recommend modifications or approval
• Prepare and maintain written correspondence, documents, reports and files for assigned projects in a clear, organized manner. Input updates into electronic databases in a timely and accurate manner
• Manage, monitor and track all aspects of projects and report progress or challenges to senior staff in a timely manner
• Resolve policy, implementation, tracking, and project approval issues related to HPD interdepartmental pre-development planning
• Serve as Program’s liaison to developers, other government agencies, banks, architects, attorneys, Community Boards, and local organizations to assist in the resolution of various housing problems
• Coordinate working group/closing calls with internal and external development teams
• Assist applicants in obtaining…