Press Releases
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NYU Furman Center & Capital One Release National Affordable Rental Housing Landscape
February 9th 2015
NYU Furman Center and Capitol One research finds rents outpaced inflation in many major U.S. cities, leaving low- and moderate-income renters more burdened by housing costs.
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U.S. Racial Minority Groups Continue to Live in Separate and Unequal Neighborhoods
January 30th 2015
NYU Furman Center research finds large differences in the neighborhood environments experienced by different racial groups; these racial differences are amplified in more segregated metropolitan areas.
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The Dream Revisited: Explaining Ferguson Through Race and Place
January 19th 2015
NYU Furman Center’s series, The Dream Revisited, marks one year as a forum for “slow debate” among leading scholars and practitioners on economic and racial segregation; Latest discussion explores how racial and economic segregation set the stage for the events in Ferguson, Missouri.
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Report: High-Opportunity Neighborhoods in New York City are Losing Affordable Housing in NYC
January 14th 2015
Subsidy program opt-outs have caused New York City to lose subsidized, affordable rental housing in neighborhoods with high-quality schools, lower crime rates, and greater access to jobs.
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Report: Second Quarter Sees Citywide Drop in Notices of Foreclosure
September 18th 2014
Foreclosure notices decreased in all boroughs from previous year, dropping 17.1 percent overall, according to NYU Furman Center’s Quarterly Housing Update.
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New Report Explores the Effects of Historic Districts on House Prices in New York City
September 16th 2014
New research shows that the designation of historic districts increases the value of properties surrounding districts; designation also increases value of properties within districts on average; however, there is no increase in relative price in Manhattan, where the property owners lose more valuable development rights.
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Report Explores Growing Demand, Potential Barriers for Micro-Unit Housing in U.S. Cities
August 13th 2014
New report details regulatory barriers to creating denser housing in U.S. cities.
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Report: First Quarter Manhattan Residential Property Prices Reach New Peak
August 5th 2014
Citywide, housing prices grew over 17 percent in the first quarter of 2014 over the previous year, according to NYU Furman Center's Quarterly Housing Update.
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Report Examines the Challenges and Costs of Building Resilience Against Climate Threats in New York
July 16th 2014
Barriers to implementing retrofits could threaten city's supply of affordable housing;
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Fact Brief Examines Characteristics of Tenants in NYC’s Stabilized and Market-Rate Housing
June 17th 2014
Citywide, rent-stabilized units house larger share of minority households, senior-led households, and low-income tenants than market-rate units.
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Report: NYC Sees Shrinking Middle Class, Growing Income Inequality, Income Segregated Neighborhoods
May 28th 2014
NYU Furman Center report finds that, despite citywide gains, persistent disparities remain in the quality of life of neighborhoods where households of different incomes can afford to live.
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NYU Furman Center & Capital One Release Affordable Rental Housing Landscape Illustrating NYC Rental
April 23rd 2014
Landscape provides insights into housing trends across five boroughs over 12-year span.
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NYU Furman Center Announces New Leadership
April 3rd 2014
Ingrid Gould Ellen named Faculty Director of the NYU Furman Center;
Mark Willis named Interim Executive Director of the NYU Furman Center;
Max Weselcouch named Director of the Moelis Institute for Affordable Housing Policy;
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NYU Furman Center Report: Unlocking NYC’s Air Rights Could Spur Affordable Housing Development
March 4th 2014
New report details the untapped potential of NYC’s transferable development rights program; suggests policy approach that could “unlock” millions of square feet of unused air rights and help create more affordable housing.
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REPORT: Manhattan Sales Prices Peak for Second Consecutive Quarter
February 19th 2014
NYU’s Furman Center finds that home prices and sales volumes increased citywide; foreclosure filings reached new peak in the Bronx.
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STATEMENT: NYU Furman Center Congratulates Vicki Been on Appointment as Commissioner of NYC HPD
February 8th 2014
The NYU Furman Center congratulates Vicki Been on her appointment as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
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NYU Furman Center Launches “Slow Debate” on Racial & Economic Segregation
January 20th 2014
New blog, “The Dream Revisited,” will provide forum for debate among leading scholars on contested issues on economic and racial segregation.
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Furman Center Report Explores Market for Transferable Development Rights in NYC PDF (260 KB)
October 21st 2013
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REPORT: Manhattan Sales Prices Surpass Pre-Recession Peak PDF (398 KB)
September 26th 2013
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Furman Center Launches New Research Initiative on Racial and Economic Integration PDF (492 KB)
September 20th 2013