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Research & Policy
City NIMBYs
In a recent article in the Journal of Land Use, City NIMBYs, NYU Furman Center Director Vicki Been explores the differences between city and suburban NIMBYism and explains why rising opposition to new development, and its increasingly restrictive regulation, matters
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Research & Policy
Making Dirty Land Clean: An Analysis of New York City’s Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP)
A new policy brief by the NYU Furman Center examines how New York City’s Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP) is being used to redevelop hundreds of brownfield sites in the city. The VCP is the city’s primary brownfield remediation program, providing oversight and support for developers to clean up properties with actual or potential contamination. The policy brief released today, Making Dirty Land Clean: An Analysis of New York City’s Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP), sheds light on this city program to incentivize remediation and redevelopment of contaminated sites.
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The State of New York City’s Subsidized Housing in 2017
The NYU Furman Center released a new fact brief on the state of New York City’s subsidized housing. The brief reviews major programs used to develop and preserve affordable housing in the city, and provides the number and location of properties benefitting from a subsidy or incentive in 2017.
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News & Events
Presentation and Panel Discussion on New York City’s Housing Stock
On May 24, 2018, the NYU Furman Center hosted an event to present key findings from a new report, Focus on Changes in New York City’s Housing Stock.
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Research & Policy
REPORT: Growth in NYC’s Housing Stock is Outpaced by Growth in Adult Population and Job Growth
NYU Furman Center report explores changes in the New York City housing stock over time, factors that drive demand for housing, and measures of the responsiveness of housing supply; finds that housing stock is not growing enough to adequately moderate pressures that increasing demand is putting on rents and housing prices.
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Research & Policy
State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2017
The State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods report, published annually by the NYU Furman Center, provides a compendium of data and analysis about New York City’s housing, land use, demographics, and quality of life for each borough and the city’s 59 community districts. Indicators are available for download on CoreData.nyc.
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Policy Minute: The Potential for Small Unit Housing
This Policy Minute rounds up the latest research and perspectives on the contemporary debate surrounding small unit housing.
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Research & Policy
HUD Work Requirements: What They Would Mean for New Yorkers
As the Trump Administration considers reforms for HUD-administered rental assistance programs, we provide a snapshot of the employment and economic characteristics of households that would be affected by these changes in New York City and New York State.
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News & Events
Ken Zimmerman Joins the NYU Furman Center as Distinguished Fellow
Ken Zimmerman, a noted policy maker, civil rights attorney, and fair housing expert, will join the NYU Furman Center as a Distinguished Fellow.
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Research & Policy
Policy Minute: HUD Delays Critical Fair Housing Requirement
This Policy Minute explores the historical framework for HUD’s assessment of fair housing requirement and provides context for understanding the potential impact of the delay of that requirement.