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Policy With A Purpose

CHPC’s mission, since 1937, is to develop and advance practical public policies that support the housing stock of the city by better understanding New York’s most pressing housing and neighborhood needs.

NYC must support the LGBTQ+ New Yorkers who have found community in our city for decades.New York must develop more safe and affordable housing, while preserving LGBTQ+ enclaves in neighborhoods where LGBTQ+ people can find safety in numbers, access to affirming...

Feminist Housing Plan

A feminist housing plan would help create a more just and inclusive New York City for all New Yorkers. Feminist Policies & Why We Need Them Public policy tends to be created under the assumption that the same solution or treatment for everyone will render equal...

Rx for Housing: Housing is Healthcare

Our health and our housing are connected, especially for households living in poverty. The next housing plan can improve, support, and protect the health of New Yorkers.Public health concerns were the original driver of government intervention in New York City's...

NYC Candidate Briefing: Housing Policy Priorities of Voters

CHPC shares data & key findings from the first voter poll of the New York City 2021 election cycle focused specifically on housing.While COVID recovery is the top concern of New York City voters in the 2021 election cycle, few other issues are as top of mind...

A New Lens for NYC’s Housing Plan

A New Lens for NYC’s Housing Plan is a research initiative of Citizens Housing & Planning Council. A New Lens for NYC’s Housing Plan explores how housing policy can have an impact beyond creating and preserving a certain number of affordable housing units. CHPC...

Housing for Essential Workers

We applauded, shouted our thanks, and rattled pots and pans at 7pm every night. Now what? Essential workers need affordable housing.New York City owes a debt of gratitude to its essential workers, who have battled to sustain the city in some of its darkest days....

Regulatory Reform for Basement Apartments

In this policy brief, CHPC identifies regulatory reforms that could facilitate basement apartment conversions by making them safer, easier, and more affordable.Many of New York City’s basement apartments exist within the gray market, due to the financial and...

Housing Plan for a City of Immigrants

A housing plan for a city of immigrants will advance opportunity for millions of New Yorkers and secure the city's future as a diverse, thriving metropolis. The next housing plan can align the city's housing policy with its past, present, and future as a city of...

Rezoning SoHo/NoHo

Rezoning SoHo/NoHo is a crucial first step towards a more equitable development framework for New York City.CHPC has been a leading voice in discussions surrounding the ongoing process to rezone SoHo/NoHo. Although the lower Manhattan neighborhood was once a haven...

CHPC in the Media

How a Bronx Basement Highlights One of New York City’s Biggest Problems

The New York Times, October 14, 2021Jessica Katz, executive director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council, a nonprofit housing group, said Mrs. Velez was “caught in this web of all the regulations around basements.” Ms. Katz has been trying to help Mrs....

‘Incredible Frustration’: Just 5% Of New York’s Rent Relief Has Been Given Out As Deadlines Creep Closer

Bisnow New York City, August 18, 2021 Despite government promises to improve New York State’s dismally slow rent relief program, tenant and landlord groups alike complain little has been done to get money out — even as a seemingly final eviction moratorium end date...

Taking ‘Housing is a Human Right’ from Slogan to Reality

Gotham Gazette, July 31, 2021 With the rights of those experiencing homelessness being debated - or disregarded - in the move from hotels back to congregate shelters, homeless New Yorkers declared July Homeless Rights Month, forcing our leaders to reckon with those...