NYCHA host many community centers infrastructures on their properties, connected to the housing project, and they want the Settlement to run them. The DYCD (Department of Youth and Community Development) proposes a program, but it shouldn’t be too much define, and propose flexibility to access the various and changing needs of the population. The Settlements agreed that there is always a need for more associations, volunteers and especially for more building facilities. A building that could be operated and shared between the existing organisations, to expand their scale of actions and their influence on more areas in the neighborhood, as residents never go too far from their home. There is also a need for spaces that the Lower East Side residents could share and rent for private events (baby shower, birthday parties,...), those spaces don’t exist yet and many residents are unable to host such events because they can’t receive too many guests at their private place.
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