What changed in NYC housing over the weekend

Deadlines and actions this week

1. Photo: Brownstoner
   Kingsland Commons lottery closes 11/25/2026. The lottery is open for 217 of 311 units at Kingsland Commons Building 2, an 18-story, 100 percent affordable building on the former Greenpoint Hospital site in East Williamsburg. Rents run from $751 to $3,220 for studios through three-bedrooms, for households at 30 to 80 percent of AMI. Households of 1 to 7 people earning $29,418 to $168,320 a year can apply on NYC Housing Connect. (Brownstoner)
2. Photo: citylimits.org
   Several HPD lotteries close this week. City Limits' weekly housing calendar says HPD is closing affordable housing lotteries on several subsidized buildings this week. The material we received does not name the buildings. Caseworkers should check Housing Connect now so clients do not miss the deadlines. (citylimits.org)
3. Photo: City Limits
   Code Blue expands with $25 million. The money funds 300 more outreach workers, including nurses, plus 800 low-barrier beds in single and double rooms, four more warming centers and 20 warming buses. Over 50 public hospital vans will give medical care and rides to warming sites. Teams will now canvass broadly instead of tracking a list of about 350 people. (City Limits, Gothamist)
4. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0
   Spring Creek 5A and 5B hearings set 12/09/2026. HPD proposes selling six City-owned lots on Cleveland, Egan, Ashford and Locke Streets in Brooklyn to Nehemiah Spring Creek 5A HDFC for $1 per tax lot. The plan calls for six buildings with up to 360 rentals under the New Construction Finance Program, with at least 15% for formerly homeless households. A separate Spring Creek Phase 5 B disposition is heard at the same time. (The City Record, The City Record)

Compliance and enforcement shifts

1. Photo: The City
   City restores tax lien sale for mid-2027. Liens typically qualify at $5,000 in property taxes three years overdue, and water bills can also be sold. DOF will publish a 90-day notice list and plans early outreach and payment plans. City laws end the current process by 2028, with a land bank planned. (The City · Housing)
2. Photo: CBS News
   DOB vacates 54-unit Riverside Drive building after fire. A fire on 11/09/2026 in a third-floor apartment at a six-story Riverside Drive building near W. 143rd St. killed an 80-year-old man and injured four people. FDNY found heavy clutter in the unit, and the cause has not been determined. Separately, NYC fire deaths have nearly doubled this year, per the NYT. (CBS News, Brownstoner)
3. Photo: amNY
   Bill would make public rental marketing the default. In an amNY op-ed, Brown Harris Stevens CEO Bess Freedman argues private listings weaken fair housing protections. If it becomes law, landlords may need to market rentals publicly, which could widen access for voucher holders. (amNY)
4. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 4.0
   Scaffold Law fight could shift owner liability costs. Documented reports that industry groups are using RICO lawsuits and influence campaigns against New York's Scaffold Law. Advocates call it one of the last ways injured workers can recoup lost wages. (Documented)

Affordable pipeline and financing

1. Photo: BK Reader
   Gowanus tower to bring about 250 affordable units. Foundation work has started at 175 3rd St. in Gowanus, a 281-foot Bjarke Ingels Group design with 1,071 apartments. No completion date or affordable application schedule has been announced. (BK Reader)
2. Photo: The Real Deal
   Bushwick rezoning seeks 85 permanently affordable units. Criterion Group filed a rezoning application with the Department of City Planning for a 13-story, 321-unit building on a vacant lot at 900 Wyckoff Avenue. It still depends on city approval. (The Real Deal · New York)
3. Photo: HousingWire
   Preservation push targets distressed subsidized buildings. A HousingWire column argues preservation deserves as much focus as new construction under the Fair Housing Growth Strategy, which targets 350,000 new homes and 100,000 preserved units over five years. Reid Park Rock in East New York was preserved at about $375,000 per unit, versus $672,000 to $700,000 per unit for two new builds. (HousingWire)
4. Photo: The Real Deal
   Multifamily owners turn back to bank refinancing. Aya New York refinanced two Manhattan multifamily properties with a $104 million Citibank loan, repaying its Tel Aviv Series A bonds about two and a half years early. Bondholders voted 99.6 percent to allow repayment at par with no prepayment penalty. It shows bank debt again competing on rate for NYC multifamily. (The Real Deal · New York)

Operational deltas

What to do

• Pull DOF records now for unpaid property taxes and water charges, and set up a payment plan before the 90-day notice list is issued.
• Help eligible low-income households apply to Kingsland Commons on Housing Connect before 11/25/2026.
• Check Housing Connect today for HPD lotteries closing this week and submit client applications first.
• Ask DHS outreach teams about low-barrier single and double room availability for clients who avoid group shelters.
• Inspect units for heavy clutter and keep stairs and fire escapes clear to reduce fire and vacate risk.
• Ask your broker whether your rentals are marketed on public sites, ahead of a possible public marketing default.