{"id":531054,"date":"2022-12-24T21:11:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T18:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-solve-new-york-citys-affordable-housing-problem\/"},"modified":"2022-12-24T21:11:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T18:11:05","slug":"how-to-solve-new-york-citys-affordable-housing-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-solve-new-york-citys-affordable-housing-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to solve New York City\u2019s affordable housing problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2a0500999db\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2a0500999db\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-solve-new-york-citys-affordable-housing-problem\/#%E2%80%9CHow_to_solve_New_York_Citys_affordable_housing_problem%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How to solve New York City\u2019s affordable housing problem&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_to_solve_New_York_Citys_affordable_housing_problem%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How to solve New York City\u2019s affordable housing problem&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p><em>Today, The Post kicks off a weeklong <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of op-eds offering constructive suggestions on how to improve New York City in 2023. Here, the first column looks at what can be done to solve the city\u2019s problem of affordable housing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>New York is in the throes of a \u201chousing crisis\u201d that never seems to end. Both our governor and mayor use the term. But our efforts to address high costs and a lack of affordability focus too narrowly \u2014 on how to provide below-market rental units in the five boroughs, whether through tax reductions or regulation of nearly a million \u201crent-stabilized\u201d units.<\/p>\n<p>The Empire State already has far more public and subsidized housing than any other state. As of 2021, according to federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates, New York had 591,065 units of publicly \u201cassisted housing,\u201d or three units for every 100 state residents, which is double the national average relative to population and by far the most of any state. <\/p>\n<p>Yet our housing crisis continues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/nyc-luxury-apartment.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York is good at issuing permits to build large apartment buildings\u2014such as this luxury tower in Manhattan\u2014and single-family homes; what's missing are mid-sized developments in the middle. \" class=\"wp-image-25110379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/nyc-luxury-apartment.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/nyc-luxury-apartment.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/nyc-luxury-apartment.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York is good at issuing permits to build large apartment buildings\u2014such as this luxury tower in Manhattan\u2014and single-family homes; what\u2019s missing are mid-sized developments in the middle. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our problem lies on the supply-side \u2014 and not just in New York City. In fact, building new housing outside the city is a time-honored way to reduce price pressure in Gotham. But zoning regulations throughout the state suppress what should be the major source of new housing \u2014 private development. In comparison both to the national average and even neighboring Northeastern states, we fall far short in constructing both new homes and a variety of housing types which can bring costs within reach of buyers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our shortfall is striking.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, when new housing starts surged across the country in the wake of the pandemic, New York State municipalities issued building permits for 40,135 residential units in single- and multi-family homes, a ratio of just 1.99 units per 1,000 residents. This was well below the 50-state <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>n of 4.4 units per 1,000.\u00a0Even neighboring Massachusetts (2.82), New Jersey (3.99) and Pennsylvania (3.68) <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved more housing construction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/family-homes.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Strict single-family zoning regulations in suburbs like this one may help prevent an influx of public housing, but they're also a wasted opportunity to build other kinds of much-needed homes statewide. \" class=\"wp-image-25110305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/family-homes.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/family-homes.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/family-homes.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Strict single-family zoning regulations in suburbs like this one may help prevent an influx of public housing, but they\u2019re also a wasted opportunity to build other kinds of much-needed homes statewide. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">UCG\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just as problematic is our lack of new housing variety. In 2021, New York residential building permits were concentrated in just two residential categories:\u00a0single-family homes (11,099 units) and apartments in buildings of five or more units (27,510) units. <\/p>\n<p>Across the Empire State, only 908 two-family homes were issued permits in 2021 \u2014 just three percent of the total \u2014 effectively limiting the range of housing types available, repeating a pattern from recent years. This \u201cmissing middle\u201d in the new multi-family housing market is less reflective of consumer preferences than of the strict, single-family zoning prevailing in many municipalities across the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fully 25 percent of Queens and 22 percent of Staten Island remains zoned exclusively for single-family dwellings. In those areas, a single-family home could neither be replaced by a two or three-family home nor converted into one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/nurse-police-firefighters.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"City planning boards often fail to consider the home-buying needs of firefighters, police officers, doctors and nurses, who help ensure communities remain vital and thriving. \" class=\"wp-image-25110313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/nurse-police-firefighters.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/nurse-police-firefighters.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/nurse-police-firefighters.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>City planning boards often fail to consider the home-buying needs of firefighters, police officers, doctors and nurses, who help ensure communities remain vital and thriving. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The situation is more extreme in downstate suburbs such as Suffolk County, where single-family homes account for more than 81 percent of the housing stock. Among the nation\u2019s 100 most populous counties, between 2008 and 2018, Suffolk and neighboring Nassau County ranked near the bottom in measures of new residential building permits per 1,000 residents.<\/p>\n<p>Solving the problem of limited supply is less a cost problem than a political one. Suburbs marked by two or even four-acre zoning have to be convinced that opening their doors more widely will not lead to construction of the public housing they rightly fear (based on its history) or sharply increase their property tax burdens.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/young-couple-homeowners.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Younger buyers are essential to help stem the exodus of New Yorkers who've fled the city for more affordable areas in order to become home owners.\" class=\"wp-image-25110320\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/young-couple-homeowners.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/young-couple-homeowners.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/young-couple-homeowners.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/young-couple-homeowners.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/young-couple-homeowners.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Younger buyers are essential to help stem the exodus of New Yorkers who\u2019ve fled the city for more affordable areas in order to become home owners.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here is where the can state can make a difference. Crucially, extra state financial assistance, triggered by relaxed zoning, could offset increased public school costs, if there is an increase in student enrollment. And municipal planning boards should also get the message that new housing within the range of teachers, firefighters and young families help to keep communities alive.\u00a0New homes could also help keep younger New Yorkers from fleeing to upstate New York or moving to Florida. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition to clearing away obstacles to more housing, the state should reverse the 2019 expansion of rent regulation, which historically has contributed to the scarcity of affordable rental housing options in New York City by discouraging turnover and rewarding those who are not needy. The city too, must reform its own property tax system, which discourages all but high-end apartment development.<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s housing crisis can be solved.\u00a0But public policy, to date, has only managed to make it worse.<\/p>\n<p><em><em>Howard Husock is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of \u201cThe Poor Side of Town: And Why We Need It.\u201d<\/em><\/em> <em>This piece is adapted from <em><em>\u201c<\/em><\/em>The Next New York: Renewing and Reforming the Empire State,\u201d a project of the Empire Center at\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nextnewyork.net\/\">NextNewYork.net<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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