{"id":4608,"date":"2026-04-10T13:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=4608"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:07:19","slug":"nyc-housing-agency-blatantly-broke-its-own-rules-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=4608","title":{"rendered":"NYC housing agency blatantly broke its own rules: judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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Meanwhile, they\u2019re breaking it \u2014 It\u2019s just so twisted,\u201d Schwartz said.<\/p>\n<p>While HPD\u2019s main role is to enforce the city\u2019s housing maintenance code by issuing violations and fines, the agency also owns and manages a portfolio of 170 buildings, mostly leftovers from when the Big Apple took over thousands of abandoned properties in the 1980s. At its peak in 1994, the city owned over 5,400 buildings totaling nearly 52,000 units.<\/p>\n<p>After the fire decimated his other HPD-owned apartment, Butler thought his luck had changed when the agency told him a unit was open just next door at 143 Noll St., another of its buildings. <\/p>\n<p>But he said the department forced him to sign the lease without seeing the apartment first, or else he would lose his chance to keep his HPD-subsidized housing for $700-a-month.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Butler was offered storage space across the hallway in another decrepit apartment to store his things temporarily.  <span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Turns out, the apartment was \u201cgarbage,\u201d Butler said, with no electricity, a missing bathroom sink, broken windows, no cabinets in the kitchen, no lock on the front door, broken tiles in the bathroom and \u201cdangerously uneven\u201d flooring.<\/p>\n<p>Butler and his son started renting on Long Island in January 2025 and waited for the city to meet its own housing code \u2014 draining his savings paying both rents and commuting over two hours a day to his job and his son\u2019s beloved school.<\/p>\n<p>But nothing got done.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Julian Butler with his 7-year-old son. <span class=\"credit\">Julian Butler<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So, acting as his own lawyer, the single dad and construction worker took the housing agency to housing court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI pretty much got tired of them playing around because they weren\u2019t trying to fix anything,\u201d Butler said.<\/p>\n<p>Court filings show HPD tried to claim Butler was a squatter, then offered him another apartment in Canarsie, which was also \u201ccurrently not fit for human habitation,\u201d according to the judge.<\/p>\n<p>Four judicial orders later, several issues persist \u2014 including the \u201ccomplete lack of electricity in the apartment,\u201d Sanchez wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Julian Butler outside 139 Noll Street (left) and 143 Noll Street (right). <span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She found the agency in contempt at a February hearing, and ordered the city to fix the apartment by April 17<strong> <\/strong>\u2014 plus provide Butler with a rent credit dating back to January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The order also states that Butler should not pay rent until the repairs are finished.<\/p>\n<p>An HPD spokesperson told The Post that prior to Butler\u2019s move-in, the agency installed new flooring, renovated the bathroom and more \u2014 and claimed that any electric issues were his responsibility to deal with ConEd directly.<\/p>\n<p>The department will \u201ckeep working until Mr. Butler has the safe home he deserves,\u201d said HPD spokeswoman Kim Moscaritolo.<\/p>\n<p>The saga has left Butler stressed and broke, blowing through his hard-earned savings to keep him and his son housed while not losing the apartment that would help give him stable footing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m at my boiling point,\u201d he said. \u201cThey drained me dry. 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