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Research & Policy
Report: In U.S. Metros, More High-Income and Educated Households Opting to Rent
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 largely 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.
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Research & Policy
2017 National Rental Housing Landscape
The report, released annually by the NYU Furman Center, explores rental housing market trends in America’s 53 largest metros.
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Data Updates
New York City Median Renter Income Continued Its Upward Trend
For the second year in a row, median renter income rose faster than median rent in New York City, according to the 2016 one-year estimates from the American Community Survey released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau. To view the latest 2016 data for New York City visit CoreData.nyc.
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News & Events
WEBINAR: NYC Housing & Neighborhood Data 101
Neighborhood data is critical for understanding local housing and economic trends, identifying community needs, and informing policy conversations. This free webinar training, to take place November 8, 2017 from 3:00-4:00pm ET, will demonstrate how to use the NYU Furman Center’s CoreData.nyc and NYC Neighborhood Data Profiles to explore changing housing and economic trends in NYC neighborhoods.
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Research & Policy
Housing a Nation: Housing Choice Vouchers
The ‘Housing a Nation’ Policy Minute series summarizes timely research on the largest federal subsidies for the development and preservation of affordable housing and sheds light on how these subsidies operate in jurisdictions across the U.S. This edition focuses on the nation’s Housing Choice Voucher program, a rental subsidy that expands the rental options of low-income families by providing the opportunity to access market-rate units in a broad range of neighborhoods.
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News & Events
O’Regan Testifies at U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Hearing on Affordable Housing
On Tuesday, August 1, 2017, Katherine O’Regan, Faculty Director at the NYU Furman Center, testified at the United State Senate Committee on Finance’s hearing on affordable housing.
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Research & Policy
The Dream Revisited: Policing and Segregation
The twenty-fourth discussion examines the links between policing practices such as “stop and frisk” and race and class segregation and explores potential policy responses.
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Research & Policy
Housing a Nation: Public Housing
The ‘Housing a Nation’ Policy Minute series summarizes timely research on the largest federal subsidies for the development and preservation of affordable housing and sheds light on how these subsidies operate in jurisdictions across the U.S. This edition focuses on public housing, the federal government’s only permanently affordable housing program.
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Data Updates
Introducing New York City Neighborhood Data Profiles
Today, the NYU Furman Center launched New York City Neighborhood Data Profiles, a one-stop platform for viewing and downloading neighborhood data indicators.
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Research & Policy
Focus on Poverty in New York City
A new report by the NYU Furman Center examines poverty in New York City and finds that poverty concentration in New York City is spatially uneven and correlated with racial segregation. In addition, the report documents stark disparities between high- and low-poverty neighborhoods and their residents.