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    Under One Roof: Building an Abolitionist Approach to Housing Justice

    December 9th 2020 | Sarina Noone

    The NYU Furman Center hosted this virtual event, comprised of two panel discussions. The first panel provided a history and overview of abolitionist concepts, from the end of chattel slavery to present day impacts of American segregation. The second panel explored the application of an abolitionist lens to address racial injustice in the field of housing policy today.

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    Policy Breakfast: Reforming State Zoning for Affordability, Integration, and Growth

    November 20th 2020 | Alan Patterson

    The NYU Furman Center hosted a two-part virtual policy breakfast series reviewing efforts across the country to tackle exclusionary zoning, and discussing the lessons these initiatives hold for New York.

  • State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods Cover with Furman Center Logo and aerial city photos.

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    Virtual Launch Event: State of Eviction Filings in New York City’s Neighborhoods

    July 20th 2020 |

    On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, the NYU Furman Center launched its annual State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2019 report. This comprehensive review of housing and neighborhood trends in New York City is used extensively by policymakers, planners, researchers, agency officials, community development and advocacy organizations, and industry leaders.

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    Insights into the Proposed Changes to the Community Reinvestment Act

    April 13th 2020 | Olivia Lee

    On March 3, 2020, the NYU Furman Center hosted a policy breakfast titled, Insights into the Proposed Changes to the Community Reinvestment Act. The panelists brought a diverse set of experiences in mortgage lending and community development to discuss the importance of the CRA in low- to moderate-income (LMI) communities, the needs of LMI communities, and what the proposed changes mean for lenders and borrowers.

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    Facing the Past: Housing and Community Development Landscape of New York City in the 1990s

    February 12th 2020

    To commemorate 25 years since the Furman Center’s founding, we are looking back at some of the notable scholarship, writing, and people connected to the Furman Center since our founding in 1995. Kicking off this retrospective, we look back at a collection of essays published in 1999 called Housing and Community Development in New York City: Facing the Future. The Furman Center’s first Faculty Director, Michael H. Schill, edited this compilation.

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    Income Volatility, Housing Instability, and Housing Assistance

    December 5th 2019 |

    On Tuesday, November 19, the NYU Furman Center hosted a policy breakfast at NYU School of Law’s D’Agostino Hall. At the breakfast, Income Volatility, Housing Instability, and Housing Assistance, panelists discussed the housing challenges associated with income and expense volatility and explored the ways in which current housing policies fail to help families facing those challenges. The panelists also described promising programs that mitigate the housing instability caused by income volatility.

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    Sophia House Testifies Before Jersey City Council

    November 20th 2019 | Brittany Mazzurco Muscato

    On Wednesday, November 13, 2019, Furman Center Legal Fellow Sophia House testified before the Jersey City Council’s Rent Control Reform Committee as it evaluates Jersey City’s rent regulations. House’s testimony covered Furman Center research cataloging the diversity of rent regulation ordinances, identifying the decisions and tradeoffs involved in the designing and implementing these regulations.

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    Policy Breakfast on Recent Tenant Protection Laws in New York City

    November 4th 2019

    On October 15th, the NYU Furman Center held a policy breakfast titled Shifting Landscape: Tenant Protection Laws and Initiatives in New York City. The breakfast included a diverse panel of experts who shared their perspectives on the impacts of recent tenant protection laws intended to curb harassment and improve residential stability. Panelists discussed the impacts on tenants, landlords, and city agencies and debated the need for more or less regulation.

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    Understanding HUD’s Proposed Changes to the Disparate Impact Standard

    October 23rd 2019 |

    Courts have long recognized that “disparate impacts” constitute a violation of protected rights under the Fair Housing Act. Together with the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at U.C. Berkeley, the NYU Furman Center submitted public comments last week arguing against a new rule proposed by HUD on three main grounds.

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    Panel Discussion: The Diversity of New York City’s Neighborhoods and Schools (Video)

    June 20th 2019

    On May 28th, the NYU Furman Center hosted nearly 300 guests for By the Numbers: The Diversity of New York City’s Neighborhoods and Schools, highlighting key findings from a new Furman Center analysis of racial differences in elementary school enrollment patterns and the relationship of school diversity to changing neighborhood demographics. The Chapter was released in conjunction with the Furman Center’s annual State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2018 report.

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