Jessica Katz on COVID-19 Housing Policy Solutions
Katz speaks to City Limits about the COVID-19 housing solutions.
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People & Neighborhoods
Housing Policy for a Global Pandemic
Intro
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, CHPC has explored the role of housing policy in the crisis and the lessons that New York City policymakers can draw from it.
Why Housing Policy?
Housing provides New Yorkers with economic stability and acts as an economic stimulus for the city as a whole. Housing is healthcare for vulnerable populations and, as the COVID-19 crisis has underscored, a public health measure that protects us all. In the absence of a treatment or vaccine for COVID-19, housing is a core part of the infrastructure of care for this pandemic. Housing must be part of our solutions for the recovery of New York City’s health and economy moving forward.
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Economics & Finance
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COVID-19 housing policy issues in New York City
CHPC’s essay explores the role of housing policy in a global pandemic and highlights the key housing policy issues raised by COVID-19 in NYC.
Design & Housing Typologies
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Housing Policy Solutions for COVID-19
CHPC’s issue brief lays out housing policy solutions for COVID-19 to help New York City respond to and recover from the pandemic.
People & Neighborhoods
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Density & COVID-19 in NYC Report
In a new report, CHPC finds that residential population density is not a key determinant of the impacts of COVID-19.
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Housing for Essential Workers: Policy Brief
In a new policy brief, CHPC explores the role of essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York and makes the case why the City should prioritize essential workers in the allocation of affordable housing.
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RX for Housing: Issue Brief
Released at the height of New York City’s COVID-19 pandemic, CHPC’s essay explores the connections between our health and our housing that this crisis has made clearer than ever.
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COVID-19 Pandemic and Immigrants: Issue Brief
CHPC’s issue brief demonstrates how a Housing Plan for a City of Immigrants could advance COVID-19 response and recovery.
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CHPC in the media
Jessica Katz “Don’t blame density for COVID”
Many prominent government leaders have blamed density for New York City’s emergence as a hotspot of COVID-19. Yet “density” is a catchall term for many different aspects of the urban environment without being specific.
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Jessica Katz on What’s wrong with NYC housing
“It is really important that affluent neighborhoods that have been incredibly privileged realize that their privilege comes at someone else’s expense,” Katz said.
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A NEW LENS FOR NYC HOUSING PLAN
Housing Policy for a Global Pandemic is part of A New Lens for NYC’s Housing Plan, CHPC’s research and education initiative to explore how New York City’s next housing plan could have a broader impact beyond counting units. The next housing plan provides an opportunity for communities and policymakers to widen the discussion, articulate new metrics, and develop a shared vision of housing policy for the city.