The East New York Basement Apartment Conversion Pilot Program (BACPP) is an ongoing demonstration project that seeks to test the efficacy of certain reforms intended to facilitate the conversion of basements and cellars apartments and to identify additional barriers...
On May 16th 2023, CHPC presented testimony to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Board of Directors regarding development of 5 World Trade Center. Click Here to Read the Full PDF Thank you for the opportunity to offer comments on the proposed development of...
Click here to download full presentation with footnotes Over the years, cities in Europe have handled residential facilities for refugees in a range of ways – from large emergency reception centers with simple partitioning structures to more permanent options...
We had a wonderful time celebrating with the housing and planning industry at CHPC’s 63rd Annual Luncheon. We were thrilled to formally welcome our new Executive Director, Howard Slatkin, reconnect with new and old friends and colleagues, and recognize our phenomenal...
On March 1st 2023, CHPC submitted testimony to the New York State Senate Finance Assembly and Ways and Means Committees on the FY2023-24 Executive Budget on the subject of Housing. Click here to view the testimony as a PDF Thank you for the opportunity to submit...
On February 21, 2023, CHPC hosted a discussion about common myths about homelessness, the harms they cause, and implications for local, state, and federal policy. “As long as we continue to frame homelessness as an individual problem, we will struggle to make the...
