The Impact of Affordable Housing on the Well-Being of Low-Income Households: Early Findings from the NYC Housing and Neighborhood StudyElyzabeth Gaumer
The Center for NYC Neighbourhood is the largest independent non-profit organisation devoted to supporting low- and moderate-income homeowners in NYC. We partnered with the Center to help launch the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development's new HomeFix program, which aims to...
Borrower income must be less than 80% of area median income (AMI) as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). A 3% down payment is required. Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc. (NHSNYC) administers the New York City Department of ...
Such investment in the housing stock may be associated with other positive spillovers, including reduction in crime. We conducted a study of the BSRP to assess whether structural repairs to the homes of low-income owners are associated with a reduction in nearby crime. We hypothesized that this...
Increasing access to onsite solar and community solar (CS) can provide numerous benefits to low-income (LI) households living in multifamily affordable housing (MFAH). Solar can help reduce their energy costs, preserve affordable housing, and create green workforce development opportunities. However,...
“AcceleratorNYC" for buildings and Ireland’s “One Stop Shop” program for housing retrofits204; Mannheim Germany’s “Climate Protection Agency”205; and the “Energiesprong” integrated deep retrofit model pioneered in the Netherlands206. Interesting financing examples are found in the Canadian ...
is justified. The ‘bubble zone’ accounts for 50% of US GDP, or over USD, nearly the size of the German, French, and UK economies put together. In other words, it’s big. Therefore, when these housing bubbles begin to deflate, it is likely to have substantial macroeconomic consequences...
Around five years later, when the pandemic forced learning, and some forms of work, to become virtualin March, officials from the city and EPB immediately set about establishing Wi-Fi hotspots on poles in low-income neighborhoods so people could drive up and access Wi-Fi. ...
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All eligible parks were ranked based on the estimated amount of low-income Latino and Asian population living within a 0.25-mile (400 m) buffer of each park. According to US Department of Housing and Urban Development, low-income areas were defined by the median household income of the block...