Residential Building Assessment

Residential Building Assessment (RBA) is a joint response operation by the New York City Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) aimed at assessing residential buildings for essential services and a specified group of environmental conditions following an emergency event that impacts 5,000 or more households for over 48 hours. Applicable emergency events are those that cause building damage (up to an including act of terrorism or other intentional attacks as well as nature disasters) and loss of an essential service. The assessments performed by RBA inform the DOHMHs Post Emergency Canvassing Operations (PECO) mission and operation to protect the health and safety of residents sheltering in place following an emergency incident. HPD needs the ability to process referrals received from RBA assessments.