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Research & Policy
Making Dirty Land Clean: An Analysis of New York City’s Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP)
A new policy brief by the NYU Furman Center examines how New York City’s Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP) is being used to redevelop hundreds of brownfield sites in the city. The VCP is the city’s primary brownfield remediation program, providing oversight and support for developers to clean up properties with actual or potential contamination. The policy brief released today, Making Dirty Land Clean: An Analysis of New York City’s Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP), sheds light on this city program to incentivize remediation and redevelopment of contaminated sites. Read more »
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Research & Policy
REPORT: Growth in NYC’s Housing Stock is Outpaced by Growth in Adult Population and Job Growth
NYU Furman Center report explores changes in the New York City housing stock over time, factors that drive demand for housing, and measures of the responsiveness of housing supply; finds that housing stock is not growing enough to adequately moderate pressures that increasing demand is putting on rents and housing prices. Read more »
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Research & Policy
State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2017
The State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods report, published annually by the NYU Furman Center, provides a compendium of data and analysis about New York City’s housing, land use, demographics, and quality of life for each borough and the city’s 59 community districts. Indicators are available for download on CoreData.nyc. Read more »
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Research & Policy
HUD Work Requirements: What They Would Mean for New Yorkers
As the Trump Administration considers reforms for HUD-administered rental assistance programs, we provide a snapshot of the employment and economic characteristics of households that would be affected by these changes in New York City and New York State. Read more »
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Research & Policy
Policy Minute: HUD Delays Critical Fair Housing Requirement
This Policy Minute explores the historical framework for HUD’s assessment of fair housing requirement and provides context for understanding the potential impact of the delay of that requirement. Read more »
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Research & Policy
The Potential Costs to Public Engagement of HUD’s Assessment of Fair Housing Delay
In January 2018, the Trump administration announced that it was delaying the deadline for jurisdictions to comply with an Obama-era rule requiring a robust examination of residential segregation and barriers to housing choice. In response, the NYU Furman Center evaluated some of the potential costs of the Trump administration’s action in comments submitted to HUD on March 6, 2018. Read more »
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News & Events
Panel Discussion Explores Potential for Small Unit Housing in New York City
On February 21, 2018, the NYU Furman Center convened a panel discussion that explored the viability of small unit housing in New York City. Read more »
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Research & Policy
Report Explores the Potential for Small Unit Housing in New York City
A new NYU Furman Center report makes the case for building new small-unit housing to more affordably accommodate New York City’s single-person, low-income households. Read more »
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Research & Policy
Report Explores How Small Area FMRs Would Affect Availability of Homes Affordable to Voucher Holders
New research finds that the 24 metros mandated by HUD to adopt Small Area Fair Market Rents would see an aggregate increase of more than 9% in the number of units affordable to voucher holders, though the impact will vary across local markets. Read more »
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Research & Policy
Report: More Than 30 Million People Live in U.S. Floodplains
With the future of the National Flood Insurance Program uncertain, data from NYU Furman Center’s FloodzoneData.us reveal details about the people and housing in the nation’s floodplains. Read more »
