Technical Assistance

UHAB offers a variety of assistance and training courses tailored to meet the needs of New York City’s cooperatives and tenants.

UHAB staff guide residents through the co-op conversion process in private and city-owned buildings. For more on city-owned buildings see information on the Tenant Interim Lease program, below.

UHAB's relationship with tenants doesn’t end after buildings become co-ops:

Free, ongoing classes and seminars teach tenants how to develop a tenant association, manage a building, use software for bookkeeping, and more.
Our website contains a variety of useful resources and information for use by tenants. Visit our Members section for UHAB's document library, and our UHAB University page for information on upcoming classes.
The Neighborhood Training and Resource Center in Harlem hosts classes and also provides direct, one-on-one counseling and assistance to building leaders.

Tenant Interim Lease (TIL) Contract

Since 1979, the City of New York has allowed tenants to purchase formerly city-owned buildings for conversion to low-income co-ops through the Tenant Interim Lease (TIL) program.

UHAB helped design, shape and oversee the original pilot program. In 25 years, more than 100 buildings have been converted to co-ops through TIL.

Now UHAB oversees the conversion of future co-ops in the program. Nearly 300 buildings are currently enrolled in TIL, and the program accounts for 85% of UHAB’s co-op creation.

How TIL Works:

1. A building enters TIL, and for several years maintains service (such as repairs and upgrades) through the city.

2. With TIL staff, tenants in the program:

Take over the supervision of their building.
Attend training classes on management, bookkeeping, maintenance/ repair, and cooperative governance.
Have one-on-one counseling with TIL staff for help with budgeting, organizing, and more.

3. Tenants purchase the building as an HDFC (Housing Development Fund Corporation), or limited-equity co-op. Each buyer pays $250 per apartment.