Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
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Founded | 1995 |
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Website | furmancenter |
The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy is a joint center at
History
Research
The Furman Center is constantly updating its collection of original research on four core issues, including affordable housing, housing finance and foreclosures, land use regulation and neighborhood change.
Affordable housing
The Furman Center produces a report every year called State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods.[6]
Land use
The Furman Center also developed a website called, CoreData.nyc which is an exhaustive planning and real estate resource that contains a database of affordable housing developments across the New York City, along with indicators from the US Census Bureau and other sources to help promote evidence and data-based conversation about housing and land-use issues.[7]
Data services
NYCHANIS
New York City Housing and Neighborhood Information System or NYCHANIS is a database for community development organizations, housing organizations, and the general public. It provides
SHIP
Subsidized Housing Information Project or SHIP is a database with extensive information on nearly 235,000 units of privately owned subsidized rental housing in New York City.[8] SHIP was launched on September 8, 2011.
The database details the four types of subsidies for rental units in New York City, including HUD Financing and Insurance, HUD Project-based Rental Assistance, the
The
Impact and recognition
The Furman Center and the
References
- ^ http://furmancenter.org/about/ About Furman Center
- ^ Weiss, Lois (March 27, 2008). "Inclusionary Housing Doesn't Always Help". CityFeet.com. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
- ^ "NNIP Partner Spotlight". National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership. Archived from the original on 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
- ^ "About the Furman Center". The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.
- ^ "15 Years of Research, Analysis and Insight" (PDF). furmancenter.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods 2005
- ^ "CoreData.nyc".
- ^ "Press Release: NYU's Furman Center Launches Comprehensive Database of NYC Subsidized Rental Housing: Subsidized Housing Information Project" (PDF). Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "State of New York City's Subsidized Housing: 2011" (PDF). Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.
- ^ Kusisto, Laura (8 September 2011). "Database Tracks 'Affordable' Units". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ Polsky, Sara (8 September 2011). "Cool Map Thing Charts City's Affordable Housing". Curbed. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "NYU's Furman Center Launches Comprehensive Database of NYC Subsidized Rental Housing: Subsidized Housing Information Project". Real Estate Rama. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "NYU's Furman Center and IESP Receive MacArthur Foundation Housing Matters Grant" (PDF). Furman Center Winter Newsletter 2010. Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.