An article notes the signs of change at the New York City Housing Authority, which has adopted its first-ever design guidelines in a renewed effort to deliver safe and healthy homes to residents.
Jen Kinney reports that for the first time, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) "is releasing a set of design guidelines for the rehabilitation of its residential buildings."
Jae Shin, an Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellow for the agency, created the design guidelines, explains Kinney.
Many of the new guidelines are subtle and wonky and will be largely invisible to residents, like adopting new best practices for sealing roofs and repairing facades. Others, like redesigned kitchens that afford more space, will affect residents more directly.
The article includes a lot more detail about the specifics of the design guidelines, and the challenges in ensuring the guidelines will be effective at the NYCHA's 328 developments.
The guidelines are intended to further goals established by the NextGeneration NYHCA ten-year strategic plan.
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