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NYCHA's Sustainability Agenda

Energy Carbon

Energy and Carbon

Health And Wellbeing

Community

Resource Management

Economics


As the nation’s largest public housing authority, NYCHA can lead the way in addressing the climate crisis while addressing long-standing quality of life issues in NYCHA homes. Our commitment to tackling these issues has culminated in the development of our new Sustainability Agenda. The Sustainability Agenda is our roadmap for creating healthier, safer, and more comfortable homes for our resident while ensuring that NYCHA survives and thrives to serve generations to come.

By re-evaluating the goals and strategies of the first Sustainability Agenda and setting more ambitious targets, NYCHA seeks to create a better environment for residents and staff while being at the forefront of innovation. This includes a series of reforms to create a culture of service, empower staff and residents, and further enable data-driven decision making.

Sustainability Agenda Goals

The goals in the Sustainability Agenda are based on sustainability related themes of Carbon and Energy, Health and Wellbeing, Community, Facilities and Resource Management, and Economics.

  • Goal 1: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050
  • Goal 2: Cultivate healthy and resilient communities based on design excellence
  • Goal 3: Empower residents through community activation and workforce development
  • Goal 4: Ensure efficient building operations and resource management
  • Goal 5: Leverage all funding and financing toward healthier and decarbonized buildings

NYCHA will provide yearly progress updates, and the Sustainability Agenda will be released every five years to ensure it reflects technological advances and the needs of the Agency.

Stakeholder Engagement Process

The success and longevity of NYCHA’s sustainability goals are greatly dependent on resident engagement. NYCHA staff are committed to working collaboratively with its residents and other key stakeholders to ensure the values of transparency, trust, accountability, and inclusivity were included during the development of this policy document.

During the development of this document, NYCHA conducted a robust resident and stakeholder engagement process that involved technical panels, CBO roundtable, a draft document review period, and a workshop series with residents. Through this collaborative process, NYCHA ensured that residents and stakeholders weighed in on NYCHA’s vision for sustainability.

By documenting and drawing lessons from its current and past sustainability projects, the Sustainability Agenda utilizes a participatory process of monitoring, learning, and action.

Sustainability Agenda in Action

Below is a dropdown menu of featured programs that NYCHA is implementing to deliver the goals of the Sustainability Agenda. This catalog of work exemplifies the breadth and diversity of NYCHA’s energy and sustainability portfolio and commitment to healthier, safer, and more comfortable homes for residents.

The details included are the goals, impacts, and the next steps of each program. The PDF documents may require Adobe Reader to view.


Annual Progress Reports

NYCHA’s first Sustainability Agenda was published in 2016. Below are links to the annual progress reports for the 2016 Sustainability Agenda.

Resources

Since the release of the 2016 Sustainability Agenda, NYCHA has released additional reports to compliment the set goals. NYCHA’s sustainability efforts are led by the Energy & Sustainability department. Below are links to the additional reports as well as additional data sources.