Luxury apartments proposed on NYCHA properties
20 percent of the new units will be affordable housing for families of four making $50,000 or less, while the other 80 percent will be market-rate.
New housing designs for New York’s future
Making Room showcases designs to meet the shifting demographics of cities, such as creating housing for singles and adjusting to changing family sizes.
Winner of the adAPT NYC micro apartment contest announced
The 2010 Census showed rapid growth in one- to two-person households in Manhattan, and the current housing supply of studios and one-bedrooms is approximately 800,000 units short of the demand.
PlaNYC: Housing and Neighborhoods
New York City is infamous for expensive apartments and the competitive, frantic search for affordable housing. Real estate is of course a very large industry here, but it is also an issue that every person living in the city confronts at some time or another.
A Block Party Without a Block: A Community Survives Long After Its Homes Are Razed
Touching story of the resilience of a community that faced displacement from one of the first urban renewal projects in NYC over 60 years ago.Source: www.thirteen.org, via City Atlas
Via Verde in South Bronx is a New Look for Sustainable Low-income Housing
Co-ops and rentals for low- and moderate-income residents spiral around what will be a leafy, semi-enclosed court.