Focus
Renters and Recovery
In this report, we draw on detailed rent payment data to build an understanding of the experiences of renters in affordable housing in New York City, and by extension, the landlords that house them. We begin by looking at household-level rent payment trends to understand how rental debt levels have changed for renters in our sample of predominantly affordable housing. Tracing payment rates and vacancy rates across the sample sheds light on how those two factors overlapped to affect revenue streams for owners. Owners typically manage finances at the property level, so we next examine the property-level and geographic distribution of changes in payment rates and rent debt to better understand the extent to which properties and neighborhoods were impacted during the pandemic. Finally, to outline which types of properties fared better amidst the economic shutdown, we consider the relationship between rent payment and two key characteristics: property size and the share of subsidized units.
Citywide Data 2020
This section provides a broad, longitudinal analysis of New York City’s housing and neighborhoods. The chapter is divided into four parts: income distribution, racial/ethnic composition, citywide indicators, and citywide indicators, by race/ethnicity.
Neighborhood Profiles
Neighborhood data are critical for understanding local housing and demographic trends, identifying community needs, and informing policy conversations. The NYU Furman Center’s New York City Neighborhood Data Profiles are a one-stop platform for viewing and downloading neighborhood indicators, providing an in-depth look at demographic, housing market, land use, and neighborhood services indicators for the city’s 59 community districts.
The NYU Furman Center’s New York City Neighborhood Data Profiles supplement the State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods report. Additional city, borough, and historical data can be found on CoreData.nyc.
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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 each of the city’s 59 community districts.
The report is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors.
This year’s report includes the following:
2020 Focus on Renters and Recovery
This section draws on detailed rent payment data to build an understanding of the experiences of renters in affordable housing in New York City, and by extension, the landlords that house them.
Citywide Analysis
This section provides a broad, longitudinal analysis of New York City’s housing and neighborhoods. The chapter is divided into four parts: New Yorkers and neighborhoods; renters and their homes; homeowners and their homes; and housing development.
Citywide Data and Neighborhood Data Profiles
These sections provide current and historical statistics for housing, neighborhood, and socioeconomic indicators for New York City and all its boroughs and community districts.
Team
Elisabeth Appel
Maxwell Austensen
Jane Bartman
Isabella Black
Ryan Brenner
Max Brueckner-Humphreys
Gabriela Caballero
Jay Cullen
Jiaqi Dong
Adam George
Nardos Girma
Tyler Haupert
Carl Hedman
Sophie House
Janelle Jack
Noah Kazis
Christine Keough
Katherine Key
Bryan Kim
Julia Konrad
Amrita Kulka
Olivia Lee
Zachary Levine
Ayesha Lilaoonwala
Emma Maniere
Charles McNally
Kayla Merriweather
Deborah Morris
Matthew Murphy
Brittany Muscato
Abe Nelson
Sarina Noone
Bethany O’Neill
Alan Patterson
Alana Pogostin
Jaden Powell
Hayley Raetz
Katherine Rivard
Andres Rivero
Julie Rong
Alex Sernyak
Chris Shenton
Camille Watson
Isaiah Williams
Mark A. Willis
Project Directors
Maxwell Austensen
Ryan Brenner
Charles McNally
Hayley Raetz
Focus Authors
Hayley Raetz
Katherine M. O’Regan
Faculty Directors
Ingrid Gould Ellen
Katherine M. O’Regan
Special Thanks
Michael Bierman
Derek Hogue
Acknowledgements
We are grateful for the New York City Council’s support of CoreData.nyc.
The NYU Furman Center would like to thank the following people, whose leadership, advice, and support are invaluable:
Andrew Hamilton
President
New York University
Sherry A. Glied
Dean
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service,
New York University
Trevor Morrison
Dean
New York University School of Law