Project Manager, Federally Assisted Portfolio Preservation Programs

Job Description

About the Agency:


The New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.


- We maintain building and resident safety and health

- We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability

- We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of “Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness,” Mayor Adams’ comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.


Your Team:


The Office of Development (OOD) leads the agency’s effort to create and preserve affordable housing as a critical part of Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness in collaboration with other HPD offices as well as other city, state and federal agencies. The OOD is comprised of seven divisions that administer a range of programs. These divisions include New Construction Finance, Special Needs Housing, Building and Land Development Services (BLDS), Homeownership Opportunities and Preservation, Preservation Finance, Compliance and Enforcement and Housing Incentives.


The Division of Preservation Finance administers multiple financing programs including the Multifamily Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program (HRP), the Participation Loan Program (PLP), the Housing Preservation Opportunities Program (HPO), The Capital Partnership for Affordable Renovations Program (CPAR), the Lead Hazard Reduction and Healthy Homes HUD Multifamily Program (HUD MF), the Third Party Transfer Program (TPT), Multi-Family Preservation Loan Program (MPLP), Neighborhood Pillars Program (“Pillars”) and the LIHTC Portfolio Preservation (Year 15) Program. These programs facilitate the financial and physical viability, as well as affordability of privately-owned multi-family and single-family buildings throughout New York City. The Division plays a key role in implementing the overall preservation strategy for HPD’s Office of Development in support of the Mayor’s Blueprint.


Your Impact:


The Division of Preservation Finance seeks a Project Manager for our Federally Assisted Portfolio Preservation Programs. The Federally Assisted Programs include Preservation Finance’s HUD Multifamily and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Preservation (Year 15) Programs. These two programs account for 19% of the annual MMR in Preservation and combined have closed an average of more than 3,800 units per fiscal year for Housing New York 2.0. Both programs focus on portfolios of projects that have previously received federal assistance via LIHTC (4% and 9%s) and/or where a majority of the units are covered by a form of project-based rental assistance in the five boroughs.

Your Role:

As Project Manager, working closely with and reporting to the Director and Deputy Directors of the Federally Assisted Portfolio Preservation Programs, you will be responsible for managing the intake, assessment, and underwriting of capitally funded projects applying for financing and/or tax benefits, as well as managing projects through closing. You will have direct and frequent interaction with HUD, NYC Housing Development Corporation, developers and sponsors, lenders and numerous internal and external stakeholders in order to bring the project from its initial phase to the closing of either a loan or tax exemption. You will further assist in monitoring construction progress through completion and

converting the loan from construction to permanent debt.

Your Responsibilities:

Your primary responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:

- Performing general project management duties for a range of capitally funded preservation transactions, as needed, including acquisitions, construction loan closings, troubleshooting projects in construction, facilitating project closings, project completion and loan conversions, and preparing recommendations for work-outs.

- Reviewing and analyzing mortgage notes, regulatory agreements and other related documents requiring unders