2024-05-16T23:29:10-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150410094/nyc-will-convert-jfk-hilton-hotel-into-supportive-housing Josh Niland 2023-12-28T13:44:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4e/4e7d3e3ce00f8cfcd2d75ad3d196ee10.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A plan to transform the former Hilton Hotel at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City into supportive housing has been announced as the inaugural effort of the important new Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity Act (HONDA) program by <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1877633/mayor-eric-adams" target="_blank">Mayor Eric Adams</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://archinect.com/aufgang" target="_blank">Aufgang Architects</a> will be in charge of overhauling the 350-room hotel into the renamed Baisley Pond Park Residences, a 318-unit residential development aimed at low-income and formerly homeless individuals with rents ranging between $784 per month for studios to $1,493 for two-bedroom apartments. They say their work will be completed in just 21 months thanks to the hotel&rsquo;s compatible layout, which allows for a minimally invasive slate of amendments to its internal wall structures.</p> <p>The result will be a life-changing space for residents, complete with all-electric heating and cooling systems, multiple community/computer rooms, space for the RiseBoro Community Partnership&rsquo;s on-site support staff, a kitchen serviced by the ...</p>