Media | The Price of Resilience

The report, The Price of Resilience: Can Multifamily Housing Afford to Adapt? (PDF), examines the challenges of retrofitting New York City's multifamily housing stock against future climate threats, including the potential effect on the city'slimited stock of affordable housing. It details design solutions and offers policy recommendations for city officials and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that may help remove barriers to achieving long-term resilience in this stock. 

Download The Price of Resilience: Can Multifamily Housing Afford to Adopt? (PDF) 

 

Media Kit:

• Press Release (pdf)
• Report Cover Image (jpg)
• Report Link for General Public

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NYU Furman Center Retrofit Solutions Workshop Photo Credit: ©NYU Photo Bureau: Hollenshead High-Res Image File (1.8 KB)	Workshop participants brainstorm multi-family retrofit solutions. Photo Credit: ©NYU Photo Bureau: Hollenshead High-Res Image Files (2.1 KB)
Case Study 2: 445 Baltic St., Brooklyn Case study building and retrofit sketch Photo Credit: NYU Furman Center High-Res Image File (574 KB)

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For more information or to speak with a researcher, please contact Charles McNally: charles.mcnally@nyu.edu or 212-998-6492.