Citizens Housing and Planning Council
@chpcny.bsky.social
Nonprofit research and education organization focused on innovative policy for NYC’s housing and neighborhoods. Since 1937. https://chpcny.org
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For a quick, readable analysis of how damaging our current system has been to housing affordability - and how it wasn’t intended to work this way! - read @chpcny.bsky.social‘s report, The Elephant in the Room:
chpcny.org/publication/...
chpcny.org/publication/...
The Elephant in the Room - CHPC New York
chpcny.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
For a quick, readable analysis of how damaging our current system has been to housing affordability - and how it wasn’t intended to work this way! - read @chpcny.bsky.social‘s report, The Elephant in the Room:
chpcny.org/publication/...
chpcny.org/publication/...
Housing policy must find ways to pay the costs of maintaining housing and to manage these costs, rather than ignoring them.
"We can no longer afford to treat other policy objectives as if they're freeloading guests at a resort who can sign their bar tab and charge it to housing."
"We can no longer afford to treat other policy objectives as if they're freeloading guests at a resort who can sign their bar tab and charge it to housing."
September 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Housing policy must find ways to pay the costs of maintaining housing and to manage these costs, rather than ignoring them.
"We can no longer afford to treat other policy objectives as if they're freeloading guests at a resort who can sign their bar tab and charge it to housing."
"We can no longer afford to treat other policy objectives as if they're freeloading guests at a resort who can sign their bar tab and charge it to housing."
The data on financial conditions lumps together low-income housing and mostly market-rate buildings. As a result, it tells us that "rent-stabilized buildings are doing well financially, as long as you're talking about buildings that mostly aren't rent-stabilized."
September 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The data on financial conditions lumps together low-income housing and mostly market-rate buildings. As a result, it tells us that "rent-stabilized buildings are doing well financially, as long as you're talking about buildings that mostly aren't rent-stabilized."
"Rent-stabilized buildings are doing well financially, as long as you're talking about buildings that mostly aren't rent-stabilized."
September 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"Rent-stabilized buildings are doing well financially, as long as you're talking about buildings that mostly aren't rent-stabilized."
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And if you haven’t already, read @chpcny.bsky.social‘s report on the subject, The Elephant in the Room.
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The Elephant in the Room - CHPC New York
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May 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
And if you haven’t already, read @chpcny.bsky.social‘s report on the subject, The Elephant in the Room.
chpcny.org/publication/...
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And our testimony to the Charter Revision Commission about reforms to address them:
chpcny.org/policy-and-t...
chpcny.org/policy-and-t...
Proposals for the Charter Revision Commission - CHPC New York
On April 23, 2025, Executive Director Howard Slatkin provided testimony to the Charter Revision Commission about CHPC proposals for Charter reforms regarding housing and land use.
chpcny.org
April 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And our testimony to the Charter Revision Commission about reforms to address them:
chpcny.org/policy-and-t...
chpcny.org/policy-and-t...
NYC has lofty goals for housing creation in neighborhoods across the city. But the path to creating more housing is often blocked by a land use review process that delays, defers, and rejects the actions needed to create it.
Read CHPC’s report, The Elephant in the Room:
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Read CHPC’s report, The Elephant in the Room:
chpcny.org/wp-content/u...
chpcny.org
April 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
3) Taking Stock, an overview of New York City’s housing stock, drawn from the 2023 Housing and Vacancy Survey.
Did you know that there are more renters than owners living in condominium units in NYC? This and other factoids inside:
chpcny.org/visualizatio...
chpcny.org/visualizatio...
Did you know that there are more renters than owners living in condominium units in NYC? This and other factoids inside:
chpcny.org/visualizatio...
chpcny.org/visualizatio...
Taking Stock - CHPC New York
chpcny.org
November 11, 2024 at 3:05 PM
3) Taking Stock, an overview of New York City’s housing stock, drawn from the 2023 Housing and Vacancy Survey.
Did you know that there are more renters than owners living in condominium units in NYC? This and other factoids inside:
chpcny.org/visualizatio...
chpcny.org/visualizatio...
Did you know that there are more renters than owners living in condominium units in NYC? This and other factoids inside:
chpcny.org/visualizatio...
chpcny.org/visualizatio...
The Story You Live In, our interactive visualization of how basement apartments can diversify the housing options available to meet the needs of renters and owners alike:
chpcny.org/visualizatio...
chpcny.org/visualizatio...
The story you live in - CHPC New York
chpcny.org
November 11, 2024 at 3:05 PM
The Story You Live In, our interactive visualization of how basement apartments can diversify the housing options available to meet the needs of renters and owners alike:
chpcny.org/visualizatio...
chpcny.org/visualizatio...