About the Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation & 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.

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of “Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness,” Mayor Adams’ comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion—the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.



Your Team:

The Office of Development leads the agency’s effort to develop affordable housing, through new construction and preservation of existing affordable housing. The Housing Incentives division offers tax credits, tax incentives, and zoning bonuses in order to facilitate affordable housing development.

Housing Incentives is composed of three divisions:

• Inclusionary Housing
• Tax Credits and Discretionary Exemptions
• Tax Incentives

The Inclusionary Housing division is seeking a Project Manager to join our dynamic team. As a part of HPD’s Office of Development, the Inclusionary Housing (IH) division plays a key role in the implementation of the Mayor’s Housing Blueprint. The unit reviews and approves IH projects containing permanently affordable housing, as well as Cure projects. (In certain areas where harassment of tenants has occurred, owners are required to cure the harassment by providing low-income units as a percentage of the residential or hotel floor area.)

Your Impact:

As Project Manager for Inclusionary Housing, you will help address the city’s affordable housing crisis by creating permanently affordable housing, much of which will be in mixed-income developments promoting economic integration and access to neighborhoods with job opportunities and transit.

Your Role:

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 permanently 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 Voluntary IH, Mandatory IH, and Cure programs.

All Project Managers in the IH division 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.

Your Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Review and analyze Inclusionary Housing applications from developers, which includes, but is not limited to, the following:

o Financial feasibility analysis and comprehensive underwriting review
o Zoning analysis: ensure projects are in compliance with all applicable sections of the Zoning Resolution
o Perform due diligence in accordance with HPD’s Integrity Review policies and procedures
o 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 certificates of completion; (re)issue negotiable certificates of floor area compensation
• Clearly communicate program policies and timelines to applicants
• May train more junior Project Managers
• Perform special research projects and data and/or policy analysis, as necessary

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
2. High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.

• Creative problem-solving, analytical and organizational skills, with close attention to detail
• Experience in the practical application of real estate underwriting concepts and procedures
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as strong interpersonal skills
• Thorough knowledge and/or practical experience in several of the following areas:

o knowledge of zoning and land-use planning requirements;
o City, State and Federal regulations and policies related to affordable housing production strategies;
o City, State and Federal housing regulations and legislation that may bear on housing policy and program initiatives;
o experience with community-based planning and neighborhood development

• Excellent judgement and decision-making skills
• The desire to work in a fast-paced environment and juggle multiple tasks concurrently
• Willingness to learn on the job, exhibit a high degree of initiative in managing multiple priorities simultaneously in a deadline-driven, detail-oriented work environment
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, OneNote, Visio)
• Preference will be given to candidates with experience working for or with government agencies and programs related to affordable housing
• Candidates with a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning, Real Estate Finance, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field, and at least three years of full-time work experience, preferably in development and/or real estate finance, are strongly preferred

In addition, the Department of Housing Preservation & Development offers competitive salaries and the following benefits: Generous Pension Plans (The New York Employees' Retirement System);
401(k) and Roth 457(k) Retirement Savings Programs; U.S. Savings Bonds Flexible Spending Program; Health Benefits, Dental, Vision Coverage, Prescription Drug Program; Training and Professional Development; Opportunity for Scholarship; ‘College Savings Program; Paid Holidays and Generous Annual Leave.

HPD's vision is to promote strength and diversity in our workforce and an inclusive and equitable work environment.

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New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.