Mark Willis Discusses Affordable Housing History with the Architectural League

January 24, 2013 – In 1986 Furman Center Research Fellow Mark Willis was the Deputy Commissioner of Development at NYC Housing Preservation and Development at the launch of Mayor Ed Koch’s initial 10-Year Housing Plan. In an interview with the Architectural League, Willis describes some of the challenges of creating affordable housing out of the stock of vacant buildings and vacant lots that had come into the City’s possession and some of the elements that made it possible for the program to succeed in reviving neighborhoods across the city. Read the full interview here.