Source: NYC Open Data · Bespree is not the employer.
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) oversees housing standards across all 3.7 million homes in New York City.
As the nation’s largest municipal housing agency, HPD is responsible for building and preserving affordable housing, protecting tenants from harassment and displacement, and holding landlords accountable across the five boroughs. Under Commissioner Dina Levy and the Mamdani Administration, HPD is pursuing an ambitious housing agenda focused on the needs of New York’s tenants. With a broad set of tools including standards enforcement, tenant resources, and the creation of new affordable housing, HPD is committed to making New York City a more affordable place for renters and homeowners alike.
Your Team: The Office of Development (OOD) leads the agency’s effort to create and preserve housing in collaboration with other HPD offices as well as other city, state and federal agencies.
The Office of Development is composed of eight divisions that administer a range of programs:
Your Impact: The Division of Preservation Finance seeks a Deputy Director to assist with the implementation of the Division’s new intake and pre-development due diligence for capitally funded loan and tax exemption program pipelines. The goal of the process is to have a central point through which standardized applications and initial due diligence and underwriting review take place for our external stakeholders who have applied.
The role will ensure applicants have a clear understanding of the various loan and tax exemption programs and can successfully navigate the application process and submission of initial due diligence and underwriting so that they can advance towards loan closing. This position represents an exciting opportunity to do meaningful coordination work with capitally funded projects, liaising with our clients and internal team and monitoring project progress through initial pipeline and due diligence stages.
The Deputy Director will manage the intake, assessment, and preliminary underwriting of the pipeline of capitally funded projects applying for financing and/or tax benefits.. The Deputy Director will work closely with projects that have applied to Preservation Finance via the new intake process including meeting with applicants to introduce them to the City’s preservation programs. As Deputy you will conduct reviews of submitted applications, due diligence and financials for projects in capitally funded program areas and direct owners to the correct program area for further assistance. You will also provide outreach and communication to sponsors of projects before acceptance and after acceptance into Preservation Finance’s pipeline. The Deputy will act as an internal navigator and will be the main point of contact with external partners, including property owners, developers and HPD selected external vendors providing loan packaging work. The Deputy will also provide process refinement and implementation, process evaluation, and tracking and reporting on capitally funded project intake information. The role involves substantive liaising and coordination with parties internal to HPD, including senior leadership and intake staff in the Preservation Finance Loan Program areas to move projects forward.
Your Responsibilities: Primary responsibilities of the Deputy Director will include, but not be limited to:
You must also demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills.
Preference will be given to candidates with: a strong financial background (including underwriting experience), knowledge of affordable housing development/lending and knowledge of HPD development programs and specifically, demonstrated analytical skills, and ability to work effectively with others to obtain results promptly.
You should possess strong facility with Excel and Word.
Please note, finalist for this position must have filed for the Open Competitive Associate Housing Development Specialist exam #4122 or promotional exam #4570. In addition, the position is open to applicants who are already permanent in the Associate Housing Development Specialist title, or permanent in another comparable civil service title. Candidates must indicate permanent civil service title on resume.
1.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and three years of full-time satisfactory professional experience in the development, appraisal, financing, negotiation, or disposition of real estate, or in real estate law, or in urban planning or analytical or coordination work related to housing programs; or
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
The City of New York delivers public services through agencies working across education, parks, public safety, health, infrastructure, and other areas.
Source: NYC Open Data · Bespree is not the employer.
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) oversees housing standards across all 3.7 million homes in New York City.
As the nation’s largest municipal housing agency, HPD is responsible for building and preserving affordable housing, protecting tenants from harassment and displacement, and holding landlords accountable across the five boroughs. Under Commissioner Dina Levy and the Mamdani Administration, HPD is pursuing an ambitious housing agenda focused on the needs of New York’s tenants. With a broad set of tools including standards enforcement, tenant resources, and the creation of new affordable housing, HPD is committed to making New York City a more affordable place for renters and homeowners alike.
Your Team: The Office of Development (OOD) leads the agency’s effort to create and preserve housing in collaboration with other HPD offices as well as other city, state and federal agencies.
The Office of Development is composed of eight divisions that administer a range of programs:
Your Impact: The Division of Preservation Finance seeks a Deputy Director to assist with the implementation of the Division’s new intake and pre-development due diligence for capitally funded loan and tax exemption program pipelines. The goal of the process is to have a central point through which standardized applications and initial due diligence and underwriting review take place for our external stakeholders who have applied.
The role will ensure applicants have a clear understanding of the various loan and tax exemption programs and can successfully navigate the application process and submission of initial due diligence and underwriting so that they can advance towards loan closing. This position represents an exciting opportunity to do meaningful coordination work with capitally funded projects, liaising with our clients and internal team and monitoring project progress through initial pipeline and due diligence stages.
The Deputy Director will manage the intake, assessment, and preliminary underwriting of the pipeline of capitally funded projects applying for financing and/or tax benefits.. The Deputy Director will work closely with projects that have applied to Preservation Finance via the new intake process including meeting with applicants to introduce them to the City’s preservation programs. As Deputy you will conduct reviews of submitted applications, due diligence and financials for projects in capitally funded program areas and direct owners to the correct program area for further assistance. You will also provide outreach and communication to sponsors of projects before acceptance and after acceptance into Preservation Finance’s pipeline. The Deputy will act as an internal navigator and will be the main point of contact with external partners, including property owners, developers and HPD selected external vendors providing loan packaging work. The Deputy will also provide process refinement and implementation, process evaluation, and tracking and reporting on capitally funded project intake information. The role involves substantive liaising and coordination with parties internal to HPD, including senior leadership and intake staff in the Preservation Finance Loan Program areas to move projects forward.
Your Responsibilities: Primary responsibilities of the Deputy Director will include, but not be limited to:
You must also demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills.
Preference will be given to candidates with: a strong financial background (including underwriting experience), knowledge of affordable housing development/lending and knowledge of HPD development programs and specifically, demonstrated analytical skills, and ability to work effectively with others to obtain results promptly.
You should possess strong facility with Excel and Word.
Please note, finalist for this position must have filed for the Open Competitive Associate Housing Development Specialist exam #4122 or promotional exam #4570. In addition, the position is open to applicants who are already permanent in the Associate Housing Development Specialist title, or permanent in another comparable civil service title. Candidates must indicate permanent civil service title on resume.
1.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and three years of full-time satisfactory professional experience in the development, appraisal, financing, negotiation, or disposition of real estate, or in real estate law, or in urban planning or analytical or coordination work related to housing programs; or
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
The City of New York delivers public services through agencies working across education, parks, public safety, health, infrastructure, and other areas.