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The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the department of the government of New York City [1] responsible for developing and maintaining the city's stock of affordable housing. Its regulations are compiled in title 28 of the New York City Rules. The Department is headed by a Commissioner, who is appointed by and reports ...
The Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) is the mayoral agency responsible for developing and maintaining the city's stock of affordable housing. The Human Resources Administration (Department of Social Services; HRA/DSS) is the mayoral agency in charge of the majority of the city's social services programs.
Old City Historic District in Philadelphia Historic districts in the United States are designated historic districts recognizing a group of buildings, archaeological resources, or other properties as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects, and sites within a historic district are normally divided into two categories, contributing and non-contributing ...
The process of updating Ravenna's design review guidelines has kicked off, and officials hope it will lead to a revival of Ravenna's historic downtown district. Riddle Block 1, Ravenna.
In 1978, the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) began the Tenant Interim Lease (TIL) program which UHAB had proposed, wherein tenants take over buildings, rehabilitate them, and manage them as cooperatives. [8] [16] In 1979, Mayor Edward Koch created the Division of Alternative Management Programs (DAMP) within the HPD ...
Preservation "places a high premium on the retention of all historic fabric through conservation, maintenance and repair". [22] In other words, all the materials added to a building over its lifetime are retained and work is only completed when it is essential to prevent deterioration of the site.
Conservation of cultural property applies simple ethical guidelines: Minimal intervention; Appropriate materials and reversible methods; Full documentation of all work undertaken. Often there are compromises between preserving appearance, maintaining original design and material properties, and ability to reverse changes.
The federal agency overseeing the project inventories the project area (or contracts with a qualified consultant) to determine the presence or absence of historic properties. They then submit to the SHPO a Determination of Effect/Finding of Effect (DOE/FOE) outlining to the SHPO the project, the efforts taken identify historic properties, and ...