Publications
NY Region: Making Neighborhoods
In 2014, CHPC released the first Making Neighborhoods report and interactive map studying demographic change in New York City in the decade spanning 2000 to 2010. Since then, we have expanded our work to include the...
Sleeping Around: Short Term Rentals
In Sleeping Around CHPC, explores the relationship between short-term rentals and housing in New York City. The study discusses how short-term rentals affect New York’s housing market and proposes policy reforms that could allow this popular practice to continue...
Hidden Housing
In 2016, CHPC launched its Hidden Housing study to investigate the scope of opportunity that exists for the conversion of basements in New York City into safe and legal rental apartments. At a time when new housing is urgently needed, Hidden Housing found that...
The Neighborhood Stress Test
CHPC has released a new report that sets a foundation for our Aspirational Neighborhoods initiative. The Neighborhood Stress Test identifies a method for policymakers to focus the attention and resources of government on the...
Revisit: Prevailing Wage Report
As time goes on, we continue to see the increased importance of considering how prevailing wage could affect affordable housing. In 2008, CHPC released a report called Prevailing Wisdom:The Potential Impact of Prevailing...
Pump Up the Volume
PUMP UP THE VOLUME: Recommendations to Improve the Allocation of Private Activity Bonds to Better Support Housing in New York State Over 49,000 units of affordable housing have been created in New York City using...
Making Sense of Term Sheets
HPD and HDC recently released new term sheets outlining their new housing programs. The term sheets reflect the administration’s housing policy goals, such as broadening the range of incomes served through...
All Green Buildings Great and Small
TEN RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE INDUSTRY FOR THE INDUSTRY By Ilene Popkin, Senior Fellow Over the last year, we have conducted a wide-ranging industry study looking at the efficacy of the current energy efficiency programs...
The Building Envelope Conundrum
The de Blasio administration's newly announced Housing New York plan has set many ambitious goals for the development of new housing in the city - and has acknowledged that extra floor area for residential construction will be necessary. CHPC's board members are on...
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Since 1937, CHPC’s mission has been to develop and advance practical public policies to support the housing stock of the city by better understanding New York’s most pressing housing and neighborhood needs. Our work brings clarity to NYC’s housing issues by presenting research in relatable and engaging mediums.
