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CHPC at NYSAFAH Conference

Posted in Events, Making Room 05/17/12 Leave a Comment

The rise of single person households in New York includes young professionals, working adults, and the elderly. How do we reform the current system to encourage innovation practices that meet the new housing needs of these groups?

Join CHPC on Thursday, May 17th for a breakout session at NYSAFAH’s annual conference in New York. The session, entitled “Shifting Demographics: How to House a Changing Population,” will be moderated by CHPC Executive Director Jerilyn Perine.

Panelists include:

Matthew Blesso, Blesso Properties
Maya Brennan, Center for Housing Policy
Chris Cirillo, The Richman Group Development Corporation
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Videos from CHPC’s 75th Anniversary Luncheon

Posted in Annual Luncheon, Events, Featured Video Written on 05/03/12 Leave a Comment

On Wednesday, April 25, we hosted the CHPC 75th Anniversary Luncheon at the Marriot Marquis Times Square. We were thrilled to celebrate 75 Years of Innovation and Impact by honoring those whose work in the housing and urban planning field continue to inspire and greatly impact our communities.

We were hugely honored to welcome the 108th Mayor of the City of New York, Michael R. Bloomberg, who gave special remarks on “the indispensable advocacy and leadership of CHPC”, and cited the importance of an array of our projects through the decades, including our current Making Room initiative!

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Mayor Bloomberg Supports CHPC at Luncheon (watch videos)

Posted in Annual Luncheon, Uncategorized Written on 04/27/12 Leave a Comment

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No Bottom Yet – Case Shiller Goes Down Again

Posted in The Housing Market and the Economic Crisis, Uncategorized Written on 04/24/12 Leave a Comment

Those who hoped that 2012 would be the year of stabilizing home prices are disappointed by today’s release of the February 2012 Case-Shiller index. While the non-seasonally adjusted Index shows that the rate of decline has slowed for some areas, 9 cities posted new lows for the post-boom era. The seasonally adjusted numbers show a .1% gain for the 10 city Index, but the general trend is still negative.

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2012 Starts with Case Shiller Decline

Posted in The Housing Market and the Economic Crisis, Uncategorized Written on 03/27/12 Leave a Comment

The January 2012 Case Shiller index, released March 27, 2012, shows substantial declines. For the New York area January 2012 was a 2.9% decline from the index level in January 2011. The 20 City Index shows a 3.8% decline over the same period. Despite hopeful signs in the rest of the economy it appears the housing market has not yet reached its bottom.

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Down Again

Posted in The Housing Market and the Economic Crisis, Uncategorized Written on 02/28/12 Leave a Comment

The Case Shiller Index for December 2011 has scored new lows on its three major indexes; the national composite index, the 20 city composite index and the 10 city composite index. New York metro area has also hit an all time low, so home prices are now at the lowest they have been since the housing crisis started in 2006. Is this the bottom?

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Harold Shultz Discusses Mortgage Crisis at EDC

Posted in Events, Overmortgaged Buildings, The Housing Market and the Economic Crisis Written on 02/17/12 2 Comments

John Warren, Max Weselcouch, and Harold Shultz speak about the foreclosure crisis

On Thursday, February 16, CHPC Senior Fellow Harold Shultz took part in Revisiting the Growing Impact of the Mortgage and Credit Crisis on New York City, hosted by the APA New York Metro Chapter at EDC. He was joined by Max Weselcouch of the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and John Warren of Workforce Housing Advisers.

Harold presented research from CHPC’s new report, The Impact of Multifamily Foreclosures and Over-Mortgaging in Neighborhoods in New York City. The report shows that in New York City neighborhoods, a correlation exists between the presence of overmortgaged multifamily buildings and increased housing code… Read more...

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75th Anniversary Luncheon–REGISTER TODAY!

Posted in Annual Luncheon Written on 02/17/12 Leave a Comment

CHPC 75th Anniversary Luncheon, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. 11:30am - 2:00pm NY Marriott Marquis Times Square

We are delighted to announce that we have now opened registration for CHPC’s 75th Anniversary Luncheon, taking place on April 25 at the Times Square Marriott Marquis.

And we are thrilled that the program will include Special Remarks by New York City’s Mayor, the Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg. The program includes awards for Monadnock Construction, Richman Housing Resources, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. There will also be a special presentation for our Making Room project led by the HPD Commissioner, Mathew Wambua.

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Jerilyn Perine on Miami 21 at AIA New York

Posted in Events, Zoning Written on 02/10/12 Leave a Comment

On February 9, CHPC’s Executive Director Jerilyn Perine participated in “Miami21 New Zoning: New Lessons for New York City?” hosted by the AIA New York Chapter.

Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Principle at Plater-Zyberk & Co in Miami, presented the details of “Miami21,” one of the few new city-wide zoning codes completed in the last decade, and the first city-wide form-based code for a major American city.

Jerliyn Perine and other respondents familiar with New York City’s zoning code discussed the potential takeaways of the Miami21 effort for NYC. Jerilyn stressed the symbolic relevance of Miami21, saying “Too many of us in New York think… Read more...

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J-51 and Gentrification

Posted in Inside Edge, Our Projects, Publications, Tax Exemptions, Uncategorized Written on 02/02/12 Leave a Comment

The J‑51 tax incentive program, the most successful housing rehabilitation program in New York City history, expired on December 31, 2011 (The “J‑51” program is §11‑243 of the NYC Administrative Code, which is authorized by §489 of the New York State Real Property Law).

It will be up to the New York State legislature to decide to renew the program and under what terms. However one likely argument that will be made, that J‑51 somehow contributes to gentrification of neighborhoods, seems to have been already addressed by the Court of Appeals.

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