§ 41-16 Housing Standards.
RCNY § 41-16
(a)Except where the layout is altered, HPD may exempt Preservation Affordable Housing and Substantial Rehabilitation Affordable Housing from the requirement that such Affordable Housing be free of Housing Maintenance Code A and B non-hazardous violations.
(b)Upon Resale, Homeownership Affordable Housing Units must have the same number and size of rooms as existed at Sale.
(c)In order to qualify as Substantial Rehabilitation Affordable Housing, the scope of work for a Generating Site must include items that will cost at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per Dwelling Unit in 2010 dollars adjusted annually in accordance with the change in CPI. Such costs must be approved by HPD. HPD also must approve the scope of work for the Generating Site, which must include, but is not limited to, the following items, where such items constitute at least 75% of the scope of work: (1) Beam Replacement (to the extent required by HPD) (2) New Subflooring (3) New Partition Framing (4) New Sheetrock walls and settings (5) New windows (6) New finish flooring, roofing and insulation (7) New kitchen cabinets (8) New baths with ceramic tile finishes (9) New interior and exterior doors (10) New finish carpentry (11) New plumbing (12) New heating systems (13) New electrical systems (14) New elevators or elevator modernization (where applicable) (15) Masonry repairs (to the extent required by HPD) (16) New fire escapes (to the extent required by HPD) (d) In accordance with Zoning Resolution §§ 23-96(b), (c), and (d), and when a waiver will further the goals of the Program, HPD may waive the height, horizontal, bedroom mix and/or size distribution requirements of Affordable Housing Units for Substantial Rehabilitation Affordable Housing on Generating Sites under the following circumstances: (1) there are tenants who are returning to such Affordable Housing Units after rehabilitation is completed, (2) the Substantial Rehabilitation Affordable Housing is the subject of an in rem tax lien foreclosure judgment for the City of New York, or (3) the Substantial Rehabilitation Affordable Housing is currently owned by a housing development fund corporation or other entity designated by HPD.
