{"id":3517,"date":"2025-10-27T11:09:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/nycpolitics\/dss-opens-first-of-its-kind-affordable-housing-site-in-brooklyn\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T11:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:09:38","slug":"dss-opens-first-of-its-kind-affordable-housing-site-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/nycpolitics\/dss-opens-first-of-its-kind-affordable-housing-site-in-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"DSS Opens First-of-Its-Kind Affordable Housing Site in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major step forward in New York City\u2019s ongoing fight against homelessness took place in Brooklyn, where Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner <\/span><b>Molly Wasow Park<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> joined partners to celebrate the opening of 182 deeply affordable apartments at 2886 Atlantic Avenue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new development, which is known as The Atlantic, represents the first Affordable Housing Services (AHS) site in Brooklyn and marks a milestone in the city\u2019s efforts to create sustainable housing pathways for New Yorkers exiting the shelter system.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A First-of-Its-Kind Initiative<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developed in partnership with the Institute for Community Living (ICL) and Camber Property Group, The Atlantic is part of DSS\u2019s Novel Affordable Housing Services Program, which uses CityFHEPS vouchers to help nonprofit partners secure entire buildings for long-term affordable housing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AHS program has now surpassed 1,000 units awarded or opened, with 835 already operational and more than 200 additional homes in the pipeline. Of those, roughly 150 units are scheduled to open next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith New York City facing a historically low housing vacancy rate, we cannot rely on the status quo to meet the moment,\u201d said Commissioner Molly Wasow Park. \u201cWe must leverage our resources in new and innovative ways to create desperately needed affordable housing, and with the Affordable Housing Service initiative, we are thrilled to do just that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meeting a Growing Need<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 13,000 households in the city\u2019s shelter system currently hold CityFHEPS vouchers but struggle to find housing amid New York\u2019s ongoing shortage. AHS offers a scalable model to bridge that gap, creating buildings dedicated entirely to deeply affordable homes with 30-year or 9-year affordability contracts that ensure long-term stability for tenants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ICL, which will manage and operate The Atlantic, brings four decades of experience providing housing and behavioral health care to New Yorkers in need. \u201cThese beautiful new homes are more than apartments; they are the foundation for stability, wellness, and opportunity,\u201d said <\/span><b>Jody Rudin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, President and CEO of ICL. \u201cAt ICL, we believe housing is the best prescription.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expanding the Affordable Housing Pipeline<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/nycpolitics\/mayor-adams-unveils-146-million-plan-to-transform-jewel-streets-neighborhood\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adams administration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has prioritized expanding the city\u2019s housing supply through ambitious investments and zoning reform. The mayor\u2019s City of Yes for Housing Opportunity plan, passed last year, aims to build 80,000 new homes over 15 years, backed by $24.5 billion in housing capital funding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DSS continues to work with nonprofit providers such as Riseboro, the Fortune Society, VIP Community Services, and others to expand the AHS model across the five boroughs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major step forward in New York City\u2019s ongoing fight against homelessness took place in Brooklyn, where Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Molly Wasow Park joined partners to celebrate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-nyc-politics","category-mayor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - 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