Targeted Home Improvement Program Budget Amendment
At a glance
What: Int. 377, a budget amendment bringing unspent New York State Targeted Home Improvement Program (TIP) funds into the Department's budget to finish work at the last three homes in the program.
Where it stands: Passed by voice vote in the Neighborhoods, Jobs and Housing Committee on November 4.
Next: Full Council vote.
Sources
YouTube captions (manual) of the November 4 Council committee meetings; the City's posted agenda for the November 4 committee meetings.
Staff said the program has run since 2024 and targets owner-occupied properties of one to four units; the average grant is roughly $40,000 per unit. Homes were chosen by lottery, which is why more funds went to the northeast.
The three remaining homes were already in the lottery; earlier contractors did not complete work on some originally allocated homes, so the unspent money moves to them. Staff know of no further state funding for this program.