August 18, 2016
Micro-Units for Millennials
Construction Dive quoted me in An Emerging Megatrend? Developers Experiment with Microunits to Target Millennial Market. It opens, As U.S. home prices and rents continue to soar, some developers are taking aim at a new target market — those willing to sacrifice … Continue reading
August 18, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
August 5, 2016
Homeownership in NYC
NYU’s Furman Center and Citi have released their joint Report on Homeownership & Opportunity in New York City. It opens, In New York City, the notoriously high costs of rental housing are well documented. But becoming a homeowner in the … Continue reading
August 5, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
August 2, 2016
Tax Liens and Affordable Housing
NYU’s Furman Center has released a Data Brief, Selling the Debt: Properties Affected by the Sale of New York City Tax Liens. It opens, When properties in New York City accrue taxes or assessments, those debts become liens against the … Continue reading
August 2, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
June 24, 2016
Urban Income Inequality
The union-affiliated Economic Policy Institute has released a report, Income Inequality in the U.S. by State, Metropolitan Area, and County. The report finds that The rise in inequality in the United States, which began in the late 1970s, continues in the … Continue reading
June 24, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
June 22, 2016
Walkers in the City
The Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis at The George Washington School of Business has released Foot Traffic Ahead: Ranking Walkable Urbanism in America’s Largest Metros for 2016. The Executive Summary opens, The end of sprawl is in sight. … Continue reading
June 22, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
June 17, 2016
New Housing and Displacement
The Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley has issued a research brief, Housing Production, Filtering and Displacement: Untangling the Relationships. It opens, Debate over the relative importance of subsidized and market-rate housing production in alleviating the current housing crisis … Continue reading
June 17, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
May 10, 2016
Gentrification in NYC
The NYU Furman Center released its annual State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods (2015). This year’s report focused on gentrification: “Gentrification” has become the accepted term to describe neighborhoods that start off predominantly occupied by households of relatively low … Continue reading
May 10, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
