To further the goals of the Housing New York plan, HPD has released this Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) to welcome proposals identifying existing vacant or partially vacant buildings in order to provide affordable permanent housing for formerly homeless and other rent-burdened households. Under the plan, the City has introduced requirements to set aside at least ten percent of units for homeless households in virtually all of its financing programs, a percentage that goes up to twenty, thirty, or sixty percent in projects with social or supportive services. Through this RFEI, HPD is building on these efforts by identifying properties with a large share of vacancies that can be converted to safe stable permanent housing and immediately occupied by formerly homeless households.