Mayor Mamdani unveils housing plan targeting building repairs, neighborhood improvements in the Bronx - Bronx Times

A multi-agency housing initiative will improve housing quality, reduce health disparities, and preserve existing neighborhoods, with major focus on communities in the South and Northwest Bronx. The initiative, called “Block by Block: Housing for a New Era,” will launch this fall after an intensive planning process led by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, and the Mayor’s Office of Equity & Racial Justice, along with other agencies, elected officials, and community organizations. The plan targets high-need neighborhoods including Mott Haven, Melrose, Tremont, Crotona, Fordham, University Heights, Kingsbridge, and Bedford Park. It includes expanded outreach and enforcement in buildings with elevated and lead-related conditions, increased support for repairs to prevent further deterioration, and tenant and landlord workshops focused on housing and public health.

"Mayor Mamdani announced a multi-agency housing initiative aimed at improving housing quality, reducing health disparities and preserving existing neighborhoods, with a major focus on communities in the South and Northwest Bronx."

"The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants and the Mayor's Office of Equity & Racial Justice, alongside other city agencies, elected officials and community organizations, will begin an intensive planning process to coordinate proactive government interventions in neighborhoods facing some of the city's most severe housing challenges."

"“At a moment when working people are being pushed out of the city they built, New York cannot afford half-measures or delays,” Mayor Mamdani said. “This plan meets the housing crisis with the urgency it demands. We are setting the most ambitious housing production and preservation targets in the city's modern history - and backing them up with investments to match - while also protecting tenants and homeowners, investing in public housing and ensuring the workers building that housing have good-paying, safe jobs,” he added."

"The Bronx plan includes expanded outreach and enforcement in buildings with elevated and lead-related conditions, increased support for repairs to prevent further building deterioration and tenant and landlord workshops focused on the intersection of housing and public he"

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