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 oversees and regulates the State’s public and publicly assisted rental housing; administers the State’s rent laws; and administers 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. The 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. The Queens office and other local Downstate offices are responsible for administering the Rent Administration Program.

Major Programs

Finance and Development

Funds the development and preservation of affordable housing, including 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.

Budget Highlights

The FY 2026 Executive Budget recommends $2.2 billion in appropriations, an increase of $1.2 billion from the FY 2025 budget, primarily attributable to one-time support proposed for New York City's City of Yes for Housing Opportunity program.

The Executive Budget recommends a workforce of 676 FTEs, which is the same as the FY 2025 budget.

Major actions in the Executive Budget include:

Utilizing $98 million in reserves from the Mortgage Insurance Fund (MIF) to support the Rural Rental Assistance Program, the Neighborhood Preservation Program, the Rural Preservation Program, and homeless housing programs.
Investing $50 million for Resilient and Ready programming to support permanent retrofits and rapid home repairs to prepare for and respond to natural disasters.
Providing $50 million to spur development of starter homes, as well as an additional $50 million to create a revolving loan fund for low-cost second mortgages to stimulate mixed-income housing.
⁠Committing $1.025 billion to support New York City’s efforts of adding new housing supply through their “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” program.
Providing $8.75 million to help HCR administer the Blue Buffers Voluntary Buyout Program, a $250 million targeted, voluntary buyout program that is funded through the 2022 Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Bond Act. This will help families move from harm's way, reduce costs associated with repetitive flooding, and create space for shoreline resiliency projects that protect entire communities.
Providing $50 million in funding for down payment assistance to increase access to financing for minority families.
Investing $110.5 million in funding for Pro-Housing certified communities to expand the infrastructure needed to grow their housing supply.
Providing $40 million for the Homeowner Protection Program for legal services to prevent foreclosures.
Providing $5 million in new capital for the Farmworker Housing Program to expand affordable housing for farmworkers.
Continuing the investment in the five-year, $25 billion comprehensive Housing Plan to create and preserve 100,000 affordable homes, including 10,000 homes with support services for vulnerable populations, and electrify an additional 50,000 homes as part of the State's plan to electrify one million homes and make another one million electrification ready.

In addition, there is a technical change to include $427 million in capital housing plan appropriation to backfill authority that was used to provide temporary bond financing.

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

ALL FUNDS
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Category	Available FY 2025	Appropriations Recommended FY 2026	Change From FY 2025	Reappropriations Recommended FY 2026
State Operations	143,554,000	151,472,000	7,918,000	340,328,000
Aid To Localities	115,993,000	201,900,000	85,907,000	855,367,000
Capital Projects	767,200,000	1,829,275,000	1,062,075,000	7,097,698,000
Total	1,026,747,000	2,182,647,000	1,155,900,000	8,293,393,000

ALL FUND TYPES
PROJECTED LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT BY PROGRAM
FILLED ANNUAL SALARIED POSITIONS
Program	FY 2025 Estimated FTEs 03/31/25	FY 2026 Estimated FTEs 03/31/26	FTE Change
F&D - Community Development
Special Revenue Funds - Other	64	82	18
OHP - Low Income Weatherization
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	28	28	0
OHP - Rent Administration
General Fund	6	6	0
Special Revenue Funds - Other	406	406	0
OHP - Housing
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	45	45	0
Special Revenue Funds - Other	52	52	0
OPS - Administration
General Fund	40	22	(18)
Special Revenue Funds - Other	35	35	0
Total	676	676	0

STATE OPERATIONS
ALL FUNDS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS BY FUND TYPE
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Fund Type	Available FY 2025	Recommended FY 2026	Change
General Fund	14,964,000	18,882,000	3,918,000
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	16,308,000	16,308,000	0
Special Revenue Funds - Other	112,282,000	116,282,000	4,000,000
Total	143,554,000	151,472,000	7,918,000

STATE OPERATIONS
ALL FUNDS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS BY PROGRAM
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Program	Available FY 2025	Recommended FY 2026	Change
F&D - Community Development
General Fund	689,000	2,763,000	2,074,000
Special Revenue Funds - Other	8,404,000	9,578,000	1,174,000
HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION FUND
General Fund	120,000	120,000	0
LEAD ABATEMENT
General Fund	268,000	268,000	0
OCR - Community Renewal
General Fund	327,000	927,000	600,000
OFFICE OF RESILIENT HOMES AND COMMUNITIES
General Fund	500,000	744,000	244,000
OHP - Housing
General Fund	864,000	864,000	0
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	11,584,000	11,584,000	0
Special Revenue Funds - Other	9,552,000	11,122,000	1,570,000
OHP - Low Income Weatherization
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	4,724,000	4,724,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration
General Fund	2,227,000	2,227,000	0
Special Revenue Funds - Other	89,616,000	90,316,000	700,000
OPS - Administration
General Fund	9,969,000	10,969,000	1,000,000
Special Revenue Funds - Other	4,710,000	5,266,000	556,000
Total	143,554,000	151,472,000	7,918,000

STATE OPERATIONS - GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF PERSONAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2026 RECOMMENDED
(dollars)
Program	Total		Personal Service Regular (Annual Salaried)
Program	Amount	Change	Amount	Change
F&D - Community Development	2,708,000	2,024,000	2,698,000	2,024,000
HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION FUND	101,000	0	100,000	0
LEAD ABATEMENT	201,000	0	200,000	0
OCR - Community Renewal	919,000	600,000	915,000	600,000
OFFICE OF RESILIENT HOMES AND COMMUNITIES	695,000	244,000	694,000	244,000
OHP - Housing	859,000	0	855,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration	2,088,000	0	2,084,000	0
OPS - Administration	4,097,000	1,000,000	4,082,000	1,000,000
Total	11,668,000	3,868,000	11,628,000	3,868,000

STATE OPERATIONS - GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF PERSONAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2026 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
HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION FUND	0	0	1,000	0
LEAD ABATEMENT	0	0	1,000	0
OCR - Community Renewal	0	0	4,000	0
OFFICE OF RESILIENT HOMES AND COMMUNITIES	0	0	1,000	0
OHP - Housing	0	0	4,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration	0	0	4,000	0
OPS - Administration	0	0	15,000	0
Total	0	0	40,000	0

STATE OPERATIONS - GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF NONPERSONAL SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE UNDISTRIBUTED
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2026 RECOMMENDED
(dollars)
Program	Total		Supplies and Materials
Program	Amount	Change	Amount	Change
F&D - Community Development	55,000	50,000	10,000	9,000
HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION FUND	19,000	0	5,000	0
LEAD ABATEMENT	67,000	0	10,000	0
OCR - Community Renewal	8,000	0	1,000	0
OFFICE OF RESILIENT HOMES AND COMMUNITIES	49,000	0	1,000	0
OHP - Housing	5,000	0	1,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration	139,000	0	6,000	0
OPS - Administration	6,872,000	0	317,000	0
Total	7,214,000	50,000	351,000	9,000

STATE OPERATIONS - GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF NONPERSONAL SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE UNDISTRIBUTED
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2026 RECOMMENDED CONTINUED
(dollars)
Program	Travel		Contractual Services
Program	Amount	Change	Amount	Change
F&D - Community Development	25,000	23,000	10,000	9,000
HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION FUND	7,000	0	5,000	0
LEAD ABATEMENT	10,000	0	37,000	0
OCR - Community Renewal	5,000	0	1,000	0
OFFICE OF RESILIENT HOMES AND COMMUNITIES	1,000	0	46,000	0
OHP - Housing	2,000	0	1,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration	45,000	0	86,000	0
OPS - Administration	160,000	0	6,128,000	0
Total	255,000	23,000	6,314,000	9,000

STATE OPERATIONS - GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF NONPERSONAL SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE UNDISTRIBUTED
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2026 RECOMMENDED CONTINUED
(dollars)
Program	Equipment
Program	Amount	Change
F&D - Community Development	10,000	9,000
HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION FUND	2,000	0
LEAD ABATEMENT	10,000	0
OCR - Community Renewal	1,000	0
OFFICE OF RESILIENT HOMES AND COMMUNITIES	1,000	0
OHP - Housing	1,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration	2,000	0
OPS - Administration	267,000	0
Total	294,000	9,000

STATE OPERATIONS - OTHER THAN GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2026 RECOMMENDED
(dollars)
Program	Total		Personal Service
Program	Amount	Change	Amount	Change
F&D - Community Development	9,578,000	1,174,000	4,674,000	424,000
OHP - Housing	22,706,000	1,570,000	12,294,000	663,000
OHP - Low Income Weatherization	4,724,000	0	1,543,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration	90,316,000	700,000	34,066,000	331,000
OPS - Administration	5,266,000	556,000	3,258,000	541,000
Total	132,590,000	4,000,000	55,835,000	1,959,000

STATE OPERATIONS - OTHER THAN GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2026 RECOMMENDED CONTINUED
(dollars)
Program	Nonpersonal Service
Program	Amount	Change
F&D - Community Development	4,904,000	750,000
OHP - Housing	10,412,000	907,000
OHP - Low Income Weatherization	3,181,000	0
OHP - Rent Administration	56,250,000	369,000
OPS - Administration	2,008,000	15,000
Total	76,755,000	2,041,000

AID TO LOCALITIES
ALL FUNDS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS BY FUND TYPE
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Fund Type	Available FY 2025	Recommended FY 2026	Change
General Fund	28,493,000	114,400,000	85,907,000
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	72,500,000	72,500,000	0
Special Revenue Funds - Other	15,000,000	15,000,000	0
Total	115,993,000	201,900,000	85,907,000

AID TO LOCALITIES
ALL FUNDS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS BY PROGRAM
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Program	Available FY 2025	Recommended FY 2026	Change
Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
General Fund	250,000	0	(250,000)
BLUE BUFFERS VOLUNTARY BUYOUT PROGRAM
General Fund	8,750,000	8,750,000	0
BRONXWOOD TOWERS
General Fund	594,000	0	(594,000)
CO-OP CITY RIVERBAY CORPORATION
General Fund	1,000,000	0	(1,000,000)
Community Controlled Affordable Housing
General Fund	1,000,000	1,000,000	0
F&D - Housing Development Fund Program
Special Revenue Funds - Other	15,000,000	15,000,000	0
FAIR CHANCE HOUSING REFORMS
General Fund	250,000	250,000	0
FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE
General Fund	0	50,000,000	50,000,000
Fair Housing Testing
General Fund	4,000,000	2,000,000	(2,000,000)
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NYC & WESTCHESTER
General Fund	167,000	0	(167,000)
HOUSING HELP INCORPORATED
General Fund	50,000	0	(50,000)
Homeowner Protection
General Fund	0	40,000,000	40,000,000
LAND BANKS
General Fund	10,000,000	0	(10,000,000)
NEW YORK CITY COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS
General Fund	0	1,500,000	1,500,000
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
PA'LANTE HARLEM, INC
General Fund	100,000	0	(100,000)
PARKSIDE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC
General Fund	1,000,000	0	(1,000,000)
PRO-HOUSING SUPPLY FUND
General Fund	0	10,500,000	10,500,000
RJ BRUNO INC. & GUN HILL HOUSES
General Fund	332,000	0	(332,000)
SENATE PRIORITIES FOR HOUSING INITIATIVES
General Fund	1,000,000	0	(1,000,000)
WASHINGTON HOUSES COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER
General Fund	0	400,000	400,000
Total	115,993,000	201,900,000	85,907,000

CAPITAL PROJECTS
ALL FUNDS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS BY PROGRAM
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Comprehensive Construction Program	Available FY 2025	Recommended FY 2026	Change	Reappropriations FY 2026
Access to Home
Housing Program Fund	4,000,000	1,000,000	(3,000,000)	6,859,000
Adaptive Reuse Afforable Housing Program
Housing Program Fund	0	0	0	52,300,000
Affordable Housing Corporation
Housing Program Fund	26,000,000	26,000,000	0	161,431,000
Governor's Office of Storm Recovery
Housing Program Fund	0	0	0	60,762,000
Homes for Working Families Program
Housing Program Fund	14,000,000	14,000,000	0	53,428,000
Housing Opportunity Program For Elderly
Housing Program Fund	1,400,000	1,400,000	0	11,420,000
Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity
Housing Program Fund	0	0	0	100,000,000
Housing Program
Housing Program Fund	0	427,075,000	427,075,000	4,418,482,000
Infrastructure Investment – Settlement Funds	20,000,000	0	(20,000,000)	39,481,000
Housing Program Capital Improvement
Capital Projects Fund	0	0	0	84,245,000
Low Income Housing Trust Fund
Housing Program Fund	44,200,000	44,200,000	0	192,442,000
Main Street Program
Housing Program Fund	4,200,000	4,200,000	0	9,611,000
Manufactured Home Advantage Program
Housing Program Fund	5,000,000	5,000,000	0	22,549,000
Mitchell Lama Rehabilitation and Preservation Program and All Affordable Program
Housing Assistance Fund	0	0	0	5,911,000
Mitchell-Lama Preservation and Homeownership Program
Housing Program Fund	80,000,000	0	(80,000,000)	168,223,000
New Facilities
Federal Capital Projects Fund	0	0	0	10,100,000
Housing Program Fund	340,000,000	1,300,000,000	960,000,000	423,450,000
New York City Housing Authority Program
Housing Program Fund	140,000,000	0	(140,000,000)	520,000,000
Public Housing Assistance Program
Housing Program Fund	0	0	0	366,225,000
Public Housing Modernization Program
Housing Program Fund	6,400,000	6,400,000	0	51,774,000
Public Housing Preservation Program
Housing Program Fund	75,000,000	0	(75,000,000)	75,000,000
Public Housing Program
Housing Program Fund	0	0	0	235,811,000
Small Rental Housing Development Initiative
Housing Program Fund	7,000,000	0	(7,000,000)	20,850,000
State Housing Bond Fund
State Housing Bond Fund	0	0	0	7,344,000
Total	767,200,000	1,829,275,000	1,062,075,000	7,097,698,000

Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/21/2025

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