logo CityLand
      • Home
      • About CityLand
      • CityLand Sponsors
      • Filings & Decisions
      • Commentary
      • Archive
      • Resources
      • CityLaw
      • Current Issue

    Citizens Budget Commission

    Citizens Budget Commission Report: Lack of NYC Affordable Housing not as severe as other Cities

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide
    Citizens Budget Commission studies state and local issues and offers policy recommendations. Image Credit: Citizens Budget Commission

    The CBC studies state and local issues and offers policy recommendations. Image Credit: Citizens Budget Commission

    CBC report compares New York City’s lack of housing affordability to 22 other cities.  On August 6, 2014, the Citizens Budget Commission released a report studying the scale of New York City’s affordable housing problem by comparing New York City to twenty-two other U.S. cities that were either among the largest U.S. cities by population, or the centers of the largest metropolitan areas by population.  The study covers a thirteen-year time period, 2000 to 2012.  CBC found that while New York City’s housing market relied more on rental housing than any other city in the study, and that even though the housing supply grew more slowly than the other cities, New York City still did not have the highest average rents, nor was it the most unaffordable.

    (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Citizens Budget Commission, Mayor Bill de Blasio
    Date:08/22/2014
    Category : Citizens Budget Commission
    Leave a Comment

    Subscribe To Free Alerts

    In a Reader

    Desktop Reader Bloglines Google Live Netvibes Newsgator Yahoo! What's This?

    Follow Us on Social Media

    twitterfacebook

    Search

    Search by Category

      City Council
      CityLaw
      City Planning Commission
      Board of Standards & Appeals
      Landmarks Preservation Commission
      Economic Development Corporation
      Housing Preservation & Development
      Administrative Decisions
      Court Decisions
      Filings and Decisions
      CityLand Profiles

    Search by Date

    © 1997-2010 New York Law School | 185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013 | 212.431.2100 | Privacy | Terms | Code of Conduct | DMCA | Policies
     

    Loading Comments...