As the Project Manager for Tenant Engagement and Special Projects for the Division of Neighborhood Development and Stabilization, you will support the development, management, and implementation of innovative programs to educate tenants about their rights and available resources and to protect them from landlord harassment and displacement. This team implements these strategies in close collaboration with a wide range of community stakeholders. The Partners in Preservation program, a data-driven initiative first launched by HPD in 2019, is one of the core programs the Project Manager will support. Responding to increased speculation, harassment, and displacement in rent-regulated housing, the agency developed Partners in Preservation to foster closer collaboration between tenant organizing groups, government agencies, and legal services providers to stabilize tenants. The program is highlighted in Mayor Adams’s housing plan as a key initiative to preserve rent-regulated housing and counteract tenant harassment. As a result the program is expanding citywide this year.
The Division of Neighborhood Development and Stabilization is seeking an enthusiastic candidate with tenant or community organizing experience, excellent project management and policy analysis skills, knowledge of housing and other issues, the ability to effectively collaborate with community and government partners, and a commitment to racial equity and social justice. Your role will be to help develop and implement the Citywide Partners in Preservation program, develop and lead new strategies to protect tenants from displacement, and conduct policy analysis on a wide range of The Department of Housing Preservation & Development and the City of New York is an equal opportunity employer. tenant issues in close collaboration with other team members. The selected candidate will join a growing team with wideranging professional backgrounds and report to the Deputy Director
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