RAD

The Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) is a preservation program focused on protecting and improving the nation’s at-risk public housing stock.

RAD allows housing authorities to leverage private capital through a variety of proven financing tools as a key solution in tackling the nearly $70 billion in unmet capital backlog needs in the Public Housing Program. RAD was initially authorized with a unit cap of 60,000 in the FY12 appropriations bill, which has since been lifted to 455,000 in the FY18 appropriations bill.

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11.19.24

NYCHA and PACT Partners Hold Ribbon-Cutting to Celebrate Completion of $492 Million Renovation at Williamsburg Houses to Benefit More Than 3,000 Residents

From the New York City Housing Authority's press release:

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and partner team, RDC Development, a joint venture between Wavecrest Management and MDG Design & Construction, today announced the completion of the $492 million comprehensive renovation of Williamsburg Houses as part of the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program. This project renovated over 1,600 apartments across 20 buildings (home to more than 3,000 residents), as well as building infrastructure, development grounds, shared spaces, a community center, two childcare facilities, and 19 commercial storefronts. Completed in 1938, Williamsburg Houses is one of the oldest NYCHA properties and was designated as a New York City Landmark in 2003 and listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2021. Because of the historic status of the buildings, NYCHA was able to leverage $142 million in State and federal historic tax credits.

"This RAD/PACT redevelopment has provided thousands of Williamsburg Houses residents with modern, lead-free homes, ensuring these apartments stay affordable for future generations,” said HUD Regional Administrator for New York and New Jersey Alicka Ampry-Samuel. “Over 23,000 NYCHA apartments have been renovated and preserved through RAD/PACT. Our partners also hired NYCHA residents through HUD’s Section 3 program, creating job opportunities and uniting contractors with HUD-subsidized workers. These extensive renovations not only preserved affordable housing but also safeguarded the historical significance of this landmark."

"Today, we celebrate the delivery of safe and healthy homes for over 3,000 residents of Williamsburg Houses,” said U.S. Representative Nydia M. Velázquez. “These renovations will help ensure apartments are lead-free and that the families in this historic development are protected for years to come. Utilization of federally-funded Project Based Section 8 vouchers were instrumental in the facilitation of these upgrades. As the highest ranking New Yorker on the Housing and Insurance subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives, I look forward to continuing to collaborate with NYCHA leadership and all who are committed to providing public housing residents in New York with the quality of life they deserve."

“The $492 million of comprehensive renovations and repairs at Williamsburg Houses represent years of hard work and collaboration between residents and the RDC Development team,” said First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer. “Williamsburg Houses is a shining example of this administration’s commitment to ensuring NYCHA residents are able to shape and plan their Williamsburg community.”

“I’m grateful to join Williamsburg Houses today in celebrating the renovation of over 1,600 apartments as well as the improvement of building infrastructure, shared spaces, development grounds, and commercial spaces,” said Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. “Congratulations to NYCHA and RDC Development on this extensive project. I look forward to seeing more work like this to ensure Brooklynites have access to safe, dignified, and enjoyable spaces to call home.”

"We are thrilled to celebrate the completion of this $492 million renovation at Williamsburg Houses, a historic landmark that has now been revitalized for over 3,000 residents," said NYCHA Chief Executive Officer Lisa Bova-Hiatt. "NYCHA extends its deepest appreciation to Williamsburg residents for their partnership throughout the process, and to the PACT partner team who shared in our vision of preserving the development's historic significance while providing much-needed renovations to one of NYCHA's first developments that will improve residents' quality of life for generations to come."

8.6.24

10 Year Roadmap for Public Housing Sustainability to Create Strategic Framework for Transformed Affordable Housing Stock, Improved Life Outcomes

Learn More at 10yearroadmap.org

Since its inception in the Housing Act of 1937, public housing has faced decades of chronic underfunding and disinvestment. While the last 30 years has brough renewed commitment to new policies and investments in public housing, a cohesive national strategy to recapitalize the public housing portfolio has been lacking. CLPHA is convening a 10 Year Roadmap for Public Housing Sustainability to craft a national approach to preserving the public housing portfolio for the long term.

Unlike previous long-term planning efforts, cross-sector partnerships and services will be at the center of the 10 Year Roadmap’s strategic thinking. Investing in public housing sustainability is not only about transforming the physical environment, but also about investing in the lives of the low-income residents that live there. As thought leaders begin work on the Roadmap, they will champion cross-sector approaches that center public housing as the anchor for services that help residents access education, health care, digital equity, employment, and other opportunities that help residents improve their life outcomes.

The 10 Year Roadmap is helmed by a steering committee, led by three co-chairs:

The Honorable Ritchie Torres, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Shaun Donovan, CEO & President, Enterprise Community Partners; Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
La Shelle Dozier, Vice President, Council of Large Public Housing Authorities; Executive Director, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency

Steering Committee members include:

Peggy Bailey, Vice President for Housing and Income Security, Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
Diana Blackwell, Board Member, National Low Income Housing Coalition
Emily Cadik, Chief Executive Officer, Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition
Asia Coney, Resident Commissioner, Philadelphia Housing Authority
Mark Gillett, President, Public Housing Authorities Director’s Association
Ingrid Gould Ellen, Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Director for Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, New York University
Ismael Guerrero, President & CEO, Mercy Housing
George Guy, President, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
Priya Jayachandran, CEO, National Housing Trust
Joy Johnson, Resident, Charlottesville Housing Authority
Andy McMahon, Vice President, Impact Investments, Health Equity Strategy Team, UnitedHealth Group
Jeffery K. Patterson, President, Council of Large Public Housing Authorities
Tracey Scott, President, MTW Collaborative
Dennis C. Shea, Executive Director, J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center
Sarah Rosen Wartell, President, Urban Institute
Diane Yentel, President & CEO, National Low Income Housing Coalition

The roadmap process will engage a wide range of stakeholders to advance the continued evolution and preservation of public housing through a 10-year reinvestment plan that establishes a sustainable, deeply affordable, and service-enriched housing platform for residents to achieve their life goals. CLPHA is proud to serve as a convenor for the Roadmap.

The roadmap will marshal the necessary policies, resources, services, and political support to recapitalize the portfolio by leveraging increased and targeted public and private investments through preservation, redevelopment, mixed-used transformations, transfer of assistance, and other innovative strategies. The tools, methods, and mechanisms needed to bring leveraged public and private investments to public housing have been developed over the years. The Roadmap will focus on scaling these tools from piecemeal interventions to a unified national approach that creates expanded, sustainable affordable housing opportunities.

The 10 Year Roadmap Steering Committee held its first meeting at the end of June, and Roadmap Working Groups will launch in August. The Roadmap will present preliminary estimates of the investment needs this fall, and a final report with recommendations by the first quarter of 2025. To learn more about the 10 Year Roadmap for Public Housing Sustainability, visit 10yearroadmap.org.

2.27.24

RAD Collaborative's Patrick Costigan Pens Op-Ed with Greg Byrne on What's Next for RAD

2.27.24

RAD Collaborative's Patrick Costigan Pens Op-Ed with Greg Byrne on What's Next for RAD

7.28.23

New Actions to Biden-Harris Administration’s Housing Supply Plan Includes Opportunities for PHAs

Key Steps Include Streamlining Financing for Affordable Housing Creation, Offering Green Funding Opportunities, and Repairing and Expanding Affordable Housing Through RAD

Yesterday, the Biden-Harris Administration announced new actions to its Housing Supply Action Plan to lower housing costs and boost housing supply that include opportunities for public housing authorities to participate. CLPHA is pleased to see that the Administration understands that PHAs play an important role in increasing housing supply. We have long maintained that creating more housing is a crucial component of expanding affordable housing opportunities for low-income families.

Specific steps cited in the announcement that the Administration is taking that are pertinent to PHAs include:

Repairing and expanding affordable housing. HUD published new guidance for public housing authorities and multifamily housing owners participating in the Rental Assistance Demonstration, providing them with additional tools to repair and build deeply affordable housing. Yesterday HUD published RAD Supplemental Notice 4B, which offers several revisions to the RAD program – you can read CLPHA’s topline summary of that notice here.
Streamlining financing for the creation of affordable housing. HUD announced that it will allow larger loans to participate in the agency’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Pilot Program, which increases the number of apartment sites eligible for a program that streamlines financing. HUD also updated guidelines to allow PHAs to more easily use housing vouchers and mixed-finance transactions to create or preserve housing.
Providing new financing for affordable, energy efficient, climate resilient housing and clean energy investments. In the announcement the Administration restated its commitment to providing new financing for affordable, energy efficient, climate resilient housing and clean energy investments, including through EPA’s $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and HUD’s $380 million Green and Resilient Retrofit Program. More information about green funding opportunities for PHAs can be found on CLPHA’s new Green Funding Clearinghouse.

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CLPHA, with the support of HAI Group, Reno & Cavanaugh, CF Housing Group, and the National Equity Fund formed the RAD Collaborative in 2015. The Collaborative facilitates information sharing and productive relationships among housing authorities, their residents and development and financing partners, advisors and transactional service providers, local government, policy makers and other stakeholders working to implement RAD across the country. To learn more about the RAD Collaborative, please visit radcollaborative.org.

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