NYC Candidate Briefing: Housing Policy Priorities of Voters
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 New York (online)Most New Yorkers feel that housing affordability and homelessness are among the most important issues facing their next Mayor and City Council.
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 for New Yorkers as the city’s overlapping housing crises. New data from a survey of 1,500 registered Democratic voters, conducted by OnCue Analytics on behalf of CHPC, shows that most New Yorkers feel housing affordability and homelessness are among the most important issues facing their next Mayor and City Council.
On March 17, 2021, CHPC hosted an online briefing to share survey results and key findings with New York City candidates and their staff.
Housing Policy Priorities of New York City Voters
The survey gathered opinions from voters on topics such as housing affordability, homelessness, and fixing NYCHA. Key takeaways include:
- Three in five voters see housing affordability and homelessness as one of the city’s biggest problems.
- Half of the voters believe that NYC is not building enough housing.
- Voters overall want affordable housing to serve households at a mix of income levels.
- Half of the voters have been touched by homelessness.
- Most NYCHA and non-NYCHA residents believe that NYCHA is not doing a good job of managing public housing.
A March 17, 2021, memo from OnCue Analytics takes a deeper dive into the important takeaways from the survey results. Download OnCue’s presentation slides here.