NYCHA Announces NextGen Neighborhoods
Since the launch of NYCHA’s 10-year strategic plan, NextGeneration NYCHA, the Authority has debuted key pieces of our strategy to address our chronic operating deficit and $17 billion in unmet capital needs.
In September, we continued the rollout of our strategic plan with the introduction of NextGeneration (NextGen) Neighborhoods, a program to build 50 percent market rate and 50 percent affordable housing units on underutilized NYCHA land. This program will generate funds to reinvest in capital needs across NYCHA’s portfolio as well as build more affordable housing.
The first two designated NextGen Neighborhoods are Wyckoff Gardens in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, and Holmes Towers on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
At Holmes Towers, about 930 residents live in nearly 540 units in two 25-story buildings on 2.81 acres of land. Completed in 1969, the development has nearly $47 million in capital repair needs in the next five years. The proposal for Holmes Towers is to construct one mixed-income housing building consisting of about 350-400 units (175- 200 units of which would be affordable).
At Wyckoff Gardens, about 1,150 residents live in nearly 530 units in three 21-story buildings on 5.81 acres of land. Completed in 1966, the development has nearly $45 million in capital repair needs in the next five years. The proposal for Wyckoff Gardens is to replace two underutilized parking lots with mixed-income housing buildings consisting of about 550-650 units (225-325 of which would be affordable).
Meetings with the developments and community began in September and will continue in October, employing the resident engagement model launched last fall at Van Dyke, Ingersoll and Mott Haven that resulted in the visioning plans for those three developments which included Requests for Proposals (RFP) for the creation of 100 percent affordable housing.
Following the conclusion and evaluation of the current resident engagement process, NYCHA plans to issue RFPs that reflect the communities’ input for the construction of approximately 1,000 units of affordable housing at Wykoff Gardens and Holmes Towers.
