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Including low-income affordable housing on these vacant properties might require more money than the city has left in its budget for the mayor's 10-year plan. But Stringer says a conversation about the budget is premature, because the city doesn't know how much total vacant property it has to play with. His message to HPD, he says, is "Call us. Let's sit down and talk about a vacant lot and building count. We need to do this. We've got to know what our inventory is."

- Jarrett Murphy