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Housing Preservation Program

Thousands of New Yorkers, the majority of whom are BIPOC, are at risk of losing their affordable homes. Part of our mission as a non-profit housing developer and housing justice organization is working to ensure the residents of these homes can remain and thrive in New York for generations. Our Housing Preservation Program provides long-term, multi-generational housing solutions.

The Housing Preservation Program is a multi-faceted program that provides services like:

  • Fairly priced construction or pro bono and renovation services
  • Fairly priced painting services
  • Roof repairs in preparation for solar panel installation
  • Training for co-op boards
  • Ethical financial lending

Read about some of our Housing Preservation Program success stories:

A Brush with Kindness – 789 MacDonough Street

Community Fund – 2178 Atlantic Avenue

Habitat NYC and Westchester is a general contractor that offers existing resident-owned affordable buildings (like HDFC co-ops) high quality construction services at a fair price. Habitat NYC and Westchester’s Housing Preservation Program also offers these clients many pro bono construction services, including needs assessments, letter of recommendation, and scopes of work.

A Brush with Kindness

Our A Brush with Kindness program engages volunteers to paint the common areas, like lobbies, hallways and more, of existing affordable housing buildings. This work saves tenants of the buildings hundreds of dollars, and brightens the spaces, breathing new life into existing housing.

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Technical Assistance for HDFCs

Habitat NYC and Westchester offers Technical Assistance to the Boards of existing affordable housing multifamily properties. The assistance stabilizes building operations and potentially allows a Board to access funding sources available to pay for repairs or other needs and/or navigate internal governance, budgeting or other issues.

Technical Assistance for TIL/ANCP Buildings

Together with our partner Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB), we also provide free technical assistance services to all Tenant Interim Lease Buildings. For more information, click here. For residents of TIL and ANCP buildings, send an email to TILANCPhelp@habitatnycwc.org or call 646.779.8890. 

Financial Lending

The Habitat NYC Community Fund has the capacity to provide low interest loans to existing HDFCs and other non-profit affordable housing developers. The Community Fund has a variety of products to meet the specific needs of clients, including refinancing predatory debt, paying off municipal arrears, or financing repairs.

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Looking to apply to purchase a home or to take on a project as a subcontractor? Follow these links.

Yvette and her family in their Habitat home

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