Press Releases

• NYU Furman Center Responds to HUD’s Assessment of Fair Housing Delay

  March 9th 2018

  In January 2018, the Trump administration announced that it was delaying the deadline for jurisdictions to complete an important analysis intended to ensure that communities are acting to reduce residential segregation and remove barriers to fair housing choice. In response to this delay, the NYU Furman Center evaluated some of the potential costs of the Trump administration’s action. The comments, prepared by NYU Furman Center Faculty Directors Vicki Been and Katherine O’Regan, focus specifically on the public engagement process, and were submitted to HUD on Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

• Small Units Can be Part of the Affordable Housing Solution in New York City, If Barriers Removed

  January 31st 2018

  A new NYU Furman Center report makes the case for building new small-unit housing to more affordably accommodate New York City’s single-person, low-income households.

• Report: More Than 30 Million People Live in U.S. Floodplains

  December 18th 2017

  As the future of the National Flood Insurance Program remains uncertain, NYU Furman Center’s FloodzoneData.us, and related data brief series, provides data about the people and housing in the nation’s floodplains 

• Report: In U.S. Metros, More High-Income and Educated Households Opting to Rent

  October 5th 2017

  NYU Furman Center’s 2017 National Rental Housing Landscape finds that the majority of large U.S. metros saw an increase in the share of households that rented their homes, which was primarily driven by rise in higher-income and highly-educated households choosing to rent. Affordability challenges persist for low-income households, with high rent premiums for movers and historically high rent burdens across U.S. metros.

• NYU Furman Center Launches FloodzoneData.us

  May 25th 2017

  FloodzoneData.us provides access to data on people and housing in the U.S. floodplains. New analysis also finds that Florida, Texas, and California have highest risk to housing from flooding

• Report Analyzes the Proposed 421-a Tax Exemption’s Wage Requirement and Potential Impact on Housing

  February 8th 2017

  The NYU Furman Center finds that the proposed 421-a program’s increase in tax exemption to support the wage requirement exceeds the additional affordable housing benefit by $2.6 to $5.7 million for a 300-unit building. The report also finds that the higher tax break for developers may support a 10-18% rise in hard construction costs without lowering long-term financial returns.

• Vicki Been, Katherine O’Regan Return to NYU Furman Center

  February 6th 2017

  The NYU Furman Center announced today that Vicki Been and Katherine O’Regan will return to the NYU Furman Center from their government posts as HPD Commissioner and Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at HUD.

• NYU Furman Center Launches CoreData.nyc, a Hub for New York City’s Housing and Neighborhood Data

  December 9th 2016

  New data tool is the city's most comprehensive resource for property-level subsidized housing information 

• Report Surveys Local Government Responses to Gentrification

  October 27th 2016

  NYU Furman Center report provides overview of strategies to protect low-income households and the economic diversity of neighborhoods in cities with soaring housing costs.

• Report: More Than Half of New York City Homes Unaffordable to the Majority of Households

  August 5th 2016

  The newly-released NYU Furman Center / Citi Report on Homeownership & Opportunity in New York City highlights the unique elements of the homeownership market in New York City by analyzing recent home sales data and examining the potential purchasing power of households at various income levels in New York City, as well as the nearby counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester.

• Report Describes NYC Properties Affected by Sale of Tax Liens

  July 28th 2016

  A brief released today by the NYU Furman Center describes the process of tax lien sales in New York City, which affected over 15,000 properties and roughly 43,600 residential units between 2010 and 2015.

• Report Analyzes New York City’s Gentrifying Neighborhoods, Finds Dramatic Demographic Shifts

  May 9th 2016

  NYU Furman Center's annual State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods report identifies 15 gentrifying neighborhoods and finds that they have seen greater growth in the shares of the population that are young adults, college-educated, white, and living alone or with roommates, as compared to other neighborhoods.

• NYU Furman Center & Capital One Report: Renter Population Growing in Nation’s Largest Metro Areas

  March 8th 2016

  A report released today commissioned by Capital One and conducted by the NYU Furman Center announces findings of the National Affordable Rental Housing Landscape, highlighting rental housing and affordability trends in America’s largest metro areas.

• 50 Years of Historic Landmarking in New York City

  March 7th 2016

  A report released today by the NYU Furman Center, Fifty Years of Historic Preservation in New York City, shows the extent of preservation in New York City and compares the land use, housing stock, demographic characteristics, and commercial property in historic districts with those in areas that are not regulated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC).

• Jessica Yager Named Executive Director of NYU Furman Center

  January 6th 2016

  The NYU Furman Center announced today the appointment of Jessica Yager as its new Executive Director. She succeeds Mark A. Willis, who agreed to step into the role two years ago in an interim capacity when Vicki Been, who was a Faculty Director along with Ingrid Gould Ellen, left for the de Blasio administration. Willis will return to research work full time as the NYU Furman Center’s Senior Policy Fellow.

• 421-A Impact On Future Housing Construction In NYC

  November 9th 2015

  NYU Furman Center report finds that an expiration of 421-a could disrupt supply of new affordable and market-rate housing; revised program could incentivize more mixed-income rental development targeting a wider range of low- and middle-income households.

• Three Years Post-Sandy, Multifamily Housing in NYC and Other Urban Areas Remains Vulnerable to Flood

  October 28th 2015

  Three years after Superstorm Sandy devastated parts of New York City and the surrounding region, the housing stock in many urban coastal areas remains vulnerable to flooding, according to a report by the NYU Furman Center. The report illustrates the significant design and financial hurdles of retrofitting multifamily housing.

• Report: Latino Segregation Associated with Diminished Social and Economic Outcomes

  September 17th 2015

  NYU Furman Center finds that metropolitan-area segregation is associated with 
  diminished social and economic mobility for both Blacks and Latinos.

• Report: New York City Lost Over 330,000 Affordable Unsubsidized Rental Units Since 2002

  June 10th 2015

  NYU Furman Center report finds that between 2011 and 2014, the number of unregulated and rent-stabilized units affordable to low-income renters continued to decline; report explores whether a new tax benefit for unsubsidized buildings could help slow the loss of affordability in this stock.

• Report: Leasing NYCHA Land in NYC’s Stronger Markets Could Create New Units & Produce New Revenue

  May 13th 2015

  NYU Furman Center report explores tradeoffs between leasing underdeveloped NYCHA land to generate revenue, create new affordable units, or achieve some portion of both.