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Data Updates
New York City Student Performance Varies Widely Across Neighborhoods
In New York City, student performance varies widely across neighborhoods and boroughs, according to data from the State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2015.
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News & Events
WEBINAR BRIEFING: NYU Furman Center / Citi Report on Homeownership & Opportunity in NYC
On Friday, September 9th from 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT, NYU Furman Center researchers will present findings from the recently-released NYU Furman Center / Citi Report on Homeownership & Opportunity in New York City, which examines home-buying opportunities in New York City and in its surrounding counties.
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Research & Policy
Report Examines Home-Buying Potential in NYC for Households at Various Income Levels
A new NYU Furman Center and Citi report finds that becoming a homeowner in New York City’s real estate market is a considerable challenge for the vast majority of New York City households due to the city’s severely constrained supply of affordable home-buying opportunities. Homeownership prospects do not necessarily improve by moving to the surrounding New York suburbs.
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Data Updates
Report: New York City Properties Affected by Sale of Tax Liens
A report 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.
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Research & Policy
The Dream Revisited: Making Vouchers More Mobile
The twentieth discussion on The Dream Revisited, Making Vouchers More Mobile, examines the benefits of defining fair market rent by zip code, to make it easier for families to move to higher-opportunity neighborhoods, and weighs potential unintended costs.
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News & Events
Research Symposium on Gentrification and Neighborhood Change
Researchers and practitioners from around the U.S. and Canada gathered for a one-day symposium to share the latest research on patterns of gentrification, displacement, and neighborhood change.
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Research & Policy
Policy Minute: Exploring Gentrification
Gentrification is an evolving topic, affecting many urban areas and highlighting some of the challenges that arise as neighborhoods evolve. This Policy Minute presents some of the latest research on gentrification, displacement, and neighborhood change.
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Research & Policy
The Dream Revisited: Public Housing and Deconcentrating Poverty
The nineteenth discussion debates what we should do about high-poverty, distressed public housing developments in light of recent research from the Moving to Opportunity Program about the costs of concentrated poverty.
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News & Events
The State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2015
On May 9, 2016, the NYU Furman Center released its State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2015 report, which provides a compendium of data and analysis about New York City’s housing, land use, demographics, and quality of life indicators for each borough and the city’s 59 community districts.
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Research & Policy
Report Analyzes New York City’s Gentrifying Neighborhoods and Finds Dramatic Demographic Shifts
A special report on Gentrification in the NYU Furman Center’s annual State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods report identifies 15 gentrifying neighborhoods in New York City 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.