Housing and Community Renewal, Division of

Agency Web Site: https://hcr.ny.gov/division-housing-and-community-renewal

Mission

The Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) is responsible for the supervision, maintenance, and development of affordable low- and moderate-income housing in New York State. DHCR performs a number of activities, including oversight and regulation of the State’s public and publicly assisted rental housing; administration of the State’s rent regulations and protection of rent regulated tenants; and administration of housing development and community preservation programs, including State and Federal grants and loans to housing developers to finance construction and renovation of affordable housing.

Organization and Staffing

DHCR maintains three main offices and two regional offices in Buffalo and Syracuse. Main offices in Albany and Manhattan are responsible for agency-wide administrative functions and the development and execution of DHCR's policies for its Community Development and Housing programs. DHCR's Rent Administration program is administered through the main office in Queens and local offices in rent regulated communities.

Budget Highlights

The FY 2019 Executive Budget recommends $410 million in appropriations, as well as $2.5 billion in reappropriations targeted for the Affordable and Homelessness Housing Plan.

The Executive Budget recommends a workforce of 682 FTEs, unchanged from the FY 2018 Budget.

Major budget actions include:

The FY 2019 Executive Budget continues funding to support full implementation of the five-year investment for the Affordable Housing and Homelessness Plan, which will create new housing opportunities for individuals in need of supportive services and provide resources to support vulnerable populations in securing stable housing.

The Executive Budget utilizes $44 million in excess reserves from the Mortgage Insurance Fund to support the Neighborhood and Rural Preservation Programs and the Rural Rental Assistance Program through the Housing Trust Fund Corporation, as well as homeless housing programs through the Homelessness Housing and Assistance Corporation.

For more information on this agency's budget recommendations located in the Executive Budget Briefing Book, click on the following link:

Briefing Book – Human Services (PDF)

Program Highlights

Finance and Development

Funds the development and preservation of affordable housing, including the Low Income Housing Tax Credit programs, tax exempt and taxable bond finance programs, single family loan and capital awards programs.

Housing Preservation

Oversees programs that maintain and enhance the State’s portfolio of existing affordable housing, including DHCR’s Public Housing portfolio, the Office of Rent Administration, the Section 8 Program, Asset Management, and the Weatherization Assistance Program.

Community Renewal

Supports programs targeting community and economic development, job creation and downtown revitalization, including the NYS Community Development Block Grant program, New York’s Main Street Program, the Affordable Housing Corporation, the Neighborhood Stabilization program and the Neighborhood and Rural Preservation Programs.

ALL FUNDS
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Category	Available FY 2018	Appropriations Recommended FY 2019	Change From FY 2018	Reappropriations Recommended FY 2019
State Operations	91,941,000	97,415,000	5,474,000	86,275,000
Aid To Localities	85,358,000	83,867,000	(1,491,000)	353,330,000
Capital Projects	638,725,000	229,200,000	(409,525,000)	2,828,742,000
Total	816,024,000	410,482,000	(405,542,000)	3,268,347,000

ALL FUND TYPES
PROJECTED LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT BY PROGRAM
FILLED ANNUAL SALARIED POSITIONS
Program	FY 2018 Estimated FTEs 03/31/18	FY 2019 Estimated FTEs 03/31/19	FTE Change
F&D - Community Development
General Fund	14	14	0
Special Revenue Funds - Other	36	36	0
Capital Projects Funds - Federal	20	20	0
OHP - Low Income Weatherization
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	33	33	0
OHP - Rent Administration
General Fund	14	14	0
Special Revenue Funds - Other	346	346	0
OHP - Housing
General Fund	16	16	0
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	68	68	0
Special Revenue Funds - Other	87	87	0
OPS - Administration
General Fund	10	10	0
Special Revenue Funds - Other	38	38	0
Total	682	682	0

STATE OPERATIONS
ALL FUNDS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS BY FUND TYPE
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Fund Type	Available FY 2018	Recommended FY 2019	Change
General Fund	12,474,000	12,474,000	0
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	16,063,000	16,272,000	209,000
Special Revenue Funds - Other	63,404,000	68,669,000	5,265,000
Total	91,941,000	97,415,000	5,474,000

STATE OPERATIONS
ALL FUNDS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS BY PROGRAM
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Program	Available FY 2018	Recommended FY 2019	Change
F&D - Community Development
General Fund	689,000	689,000	0
Special Revenue Funds - Other	8,167,000	8,277,000	110,000
OCR - Community Renewal
General Fund	327,000	327,000	0
OHP - Low Income Weatherization
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	4,658,000	4,724,000	66,000
OHP - Rent Administration
General Fund	1,825,000	1,825,000	0
Special Revenue Funds - Other	41,121,000	46,191,000	5,070,000
OHP - Housing
General Fund	864,000	864,000	0
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	11,405,000	11,548,000	143,000
Special Revenue Funds - Other	9,406,000	9,491,000	85,000
OPS - Administration
General Fund	7,735,000	8,769,000	1,034,000
Special Revenue Funds - Other	4,710,000	4,710,000	0
OPS - Housing Information Systems
General Fund	1,034,000	0	(1,034,000)
Total	91,941,000	97,415,000	5,474,000

STATE OPERATIONS - GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF PERSONAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2019 RECOMMENDED
(dollars)
Program	Total		Personal Service Regular (Annual Salaried)
Program	Amount	Change	Amount	Change
F&D - Community Development	684,000	0	674,000	0
OCR - Community Renewal	322,000	0	315,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration	1,787,000	0	1,784,000	0
OHP - Housing	859,000	0	855,000	0
OPS - Administration	2,037,000	0	2,022,000	0
Total	5,689,000	0	5,650,000	0

STATE OPERATIONS - GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF PERSONAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2019 RECOMMENDED CONTINUED
(dollars)
Program	Temporary Service (Nonannual Salaried)		Holiday/Overtime Pay
Program	Amount	Change	Amount	Change
F&D - Community Development	0	0	10,000	0
OCR - Community Renewal	0	0	7,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration	0	0	3,000	0
OHP - Housing	0	0	4,000	0
OPS - Administration	0	0	15,000	0
Total	0	0	39,000	0

STATE OPERATIONS - GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF NONPERSONAL SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE UNDISTRIBUTED
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2019 RECOMMENDED
(dollars)
Program	Total		Supplies and Materials
Program	Amount	Change	Amount	Change
F&D - Community Development	5,000	0	1,000	0
OCR - Community Renewal	5,000	0	1,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration	38,000	0	1,000	0
OHP - Housing	5,000	0	1,000	0
OPS - Administration	6,732,000	1,034,000	311,000	23,000
OPS - Housing Information Systems	0	(1,034,000)	0	(23,000)
Total	6,785,000	0	315,000	0

STATE OPERATIONS - GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF NONPERSONAL SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE UNDISTRIBUTED
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2019 RECOMMENDED CONTINUED
(dollars)
Program	Travel		Contractual Services
Program	Amount	Change	Amount	Change
F&D - Community Development	2,000	0	1,000	0
OCR - Community Renewal	2,000	0	1,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration	35,000	0	1,000	0
OHP - Housing	2,000	0	1,000	0
OPS - Administration	157,000	0	6,002,000	999,000
OPS - Housing Information Systems	0	0	0	(999,000)
Total	198,000	0	6,006,000	0

STATE OPERATIONS - GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF NONPERSONAL SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE UNDISTRIBUTED
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2019 RECOMMENDED CONTINUED
(dollars)
Program	Equipment
Program	Amount	Change
F&D - Community Development	1,000	0
OCR - Community Renewal	1,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration	1,000	0
OHP - Housing	1,000	0
OPS - Administration	262,000	12,000
OPS - Housing Information Systems	0	(12,000)
Total	266,000	0

STATE OPERATIONS - OTHER THAN GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2019 RECOMMENDED
(dollars)
Program	Total		Personal Service
Program	Amount	Change	Amount	Change
F&D - Community Development	8,277,000	110,000	4,250,000	0
OHP - Low Income Weatherization	4,724,000	66,000	2,543,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration	46,191,000	5,070,000	25,035,000	2,164,000
OHP - Housing	21,039,000	228,000	11,631,000	0
OPS - Administration	4,710,000	0	2,717,000	0
Total	84,941,000	5,474,000	46,176,000	2,164,000

STATE OPERATIONS - OTHER THAN GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2019 RECOMMENDED CONTINUED
(dollars)
Program	Nonpersonal Service
Program	Amount	Change
F&D - Community Development	4,027,000	110,000
OHP - Low Income Weatherization	2,181,000	66,000
OHP - Rent Administration	21,156,000	2,906,000
OHP - Housing	9,408,000	228,000
OPS - Administration	1,993,000	0
Total	38,765,000	3,310,000

AID TO LOCALITIES
ALL FUNDS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS BY FUND TYPE
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Fund Type	Available FY 2018	Recommended FY 2019	Change
General Fund	4,631,000	3,140,000	(1,491,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	72,500,000	72,500,000	0
Special Revenue Funds - Other	8,227,000	8,227,000	0
Total	85,358,000	83,867,000	(1,491,000)

AID TO LOCALITIES
ALL FUNDS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS BY PROGRAM
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Program	Available FY 2018	Recommended FY 2019	Change
Community Voices Heard
General Fund	300,000	0	(300,000)
F&D - Housing Development Fund Program
Special Revenue Funds - Other	8,227,000	8,227,000	0
Neighborhood Housing Services of Queens, CDC, Inc
General Fund	75,000	0	(75,000)
OCR - Small Cities Community Development Block Grant
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	40,000,000	40,000,000	0
OHP - Low Income Weatherization
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	32,500,000	32,500,000	0
OHP - Periodic Subsidies - Local Areas
General Fund	4,256,000	3,140,000	(1,116,000)
Total	85,358,000	83,867,000	(1,491,000)

CAPITAL PROJECTS
ALL FUNDS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS BY PROGRAM
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Comprehensive Construction Program	Available FY 2018	Recommended FY 2019	Change	Reappropriations FY 2019
Affordable Housing Corporation
Housing Program Fund	26,000,000	26,000,000	0	124,609,000
Access to Home
Housing Program Fund	1,000,000	1,000,000	0	1,247,000
Low Income Housing Trust Fund
Housing Program Fund	44,200,000	44,200,000	0	161,052,000
Housing Program
Housing Program Fund	541,525,000	132,000,000	(409,525,000)	1,925,000,000
Infrastructure Investment – Settlement Funds	0	0	0	497,820,000
Housing Opportunity Program For Elderly
Housing Program Fund	1,400,000	1,400,000	0	2,094,000
Housing Program Capital Improvement
Capital Projects Fund	0	0	0	19,720,000
State Housing Bond Fund
State Housing Bond Fund	0	0	0	7,344,000
Mitchell Lama Rehabilitation and Preservation Program and All Affordable Program
Housing Assistance Fund	0	0	0	4,000,000
Main Street Program
Housing Program Fund	4,200,000	4,200,000	0	4,466,000
New Facilities
Federal Capital Projects Fund	0	0	0	10,027,000
Public Housing Modernization Program
Housing Program Fund	6,400,000	6,400,000	0	37,128,000
Homes for Working Families Program
Housing Program Fund	14,000,000	14,000,000	0	34,235,000
Total	638,725,000	229,200,000	(409,525,000)	2,828,742,000

Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/16/2018

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