2011AppealLetter Dear Friend of PACC,    My name is Jose Velez and last year, when I was threatened with being evicted from the home I have lived in with my elderly mother for the past 27 years, I knew I had to take a stand.  I had already lost my building maintenance job, unemployment benefits had run out, and there was little chance of me finding a new job in this weak economy.  But I couldn't just give in - my 82-year-old, disabled mother depended on me. And I knew exactly...

Hello!   Tomorrow is our last info session on our affordable studios for rent in the Navy Green development. This is the last opportunity before the lottery deadline to learn more about the building and the application process.

40 Vanderbilt Avenue in Wallabout, Brooklyn is located in one of NYC’s most exciting new development sites. This 8-story permanent supportive housing residence developed by the local community development organization, Pratt Area Community Council (PACC) is part of the master planning efforts at the former Navy Brig site coined “Navy Green” which will include over 455 units of mixed income housing, a beautifully landscaped common green and retail and community facility spaces. PACC is currently ...

PACC broke ground last September on a new 8-story supportive housing building for formerly homeless and low income community residents. The project is part of a mixed-use, mixed income development called "Navy Green" which is under construction at the former Navy Brig site in Wallabout, Brooklyn. The general contractor, Mega Contracting, Inc.

Please join PACC's Board of Directors as we celebrate Executive Director Deborah Howard's accomplishments at the 2011 Building Brooklyn Awards presented by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce! Ms. Howard will be honored for her efforts in building an equitable, diverse, engaged, and flourishing community in central Brooklyn.

New York, September 22, 2010 – NYC Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero, NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC) President Marc Jahr, L+M Development Partners Inc., Dunn Development Corp. and Pratt Area Community Council (PACC) broke ground today on the Navy Green development in Brooklyn, NY. A former Naval prison known as the “Brig,” Navy Green represents a successful collaborative effort, guided by the local community’s vision for the site...

PACC's Deb Howard (E.D.), Drew Kiriazides (Dir. of Housing Development) and Jon Furlong (Community Organizer) will be special guests at the Fort Greene Association's next Meeting. Monday 2/22/10, 7:30PM, at LAPC, 85 South Oxford Street. See the FGA event page for more details...

Hot off the press, here is our Annual Report. The report is comprised of stories and work that all of our wonderful staff has been doing over the past 2 years. We...