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Shows how New York has been a national pioneer in developing affordable, equitable, and comprehensive housing policy
In Housing in New York City, Katrin B. Anacker explores how New York City’s policy innovations have impacted the trajectory of a nation. Drawing on historical, policy, and data analysis, she highlights New York City's greatest successes across all five boroughs, including its early popularization of affordable housing and the birth of the modern high-rise.
From the Plan of 1811, which established Manhattan's rectangular street grids, to the 1916 Building Zone Resolution, the first comprehensive zoning ordinance in America, Anacker takes us through many of these key moments in New York City's history, and how its impact was felt beyond the city's limits. She shows us how policy innovations - like the affordable housing movement - not only improved quality of life for New Yorkers, but also made New York City a national role model to other cities, resulting in many additional national, state, and local laws, policies, and programs.
Ultimately, she emphasizes the contrast between the New York City of yesterday, and today, where exorbitant rents and gentrification threaten its historical role as a leader in housing policy. Housing in New York City provides a comprehensive discussion of this history and calls upon policymakers to continue innovating to keep the Big Apple not only affordable, but to preserve its legacy in housing.
"New York is often considered an outlier in housing policy, but Anacker demonstrates that New York has had an outsized influence on federal, state, and local policies throughout the country. Housing in New York City is a thoroughly researched volume that traces a complex policy history and the key players involved throughout its evolution. Anacker documents the roles that public agencies, nonprofit organizations, private actors, and reformers have played in the City’s housing regulation, production, tenant protections and affordability over time. Situating New York City within broader debates in urban studies and housing policy, the book is intended for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in the governance of housing and the dynamics of policy formation in complex metropolitan contexts."
"This text ambitiously catalogues the history of housing policies, trends, and innovations in New York City and how these have influenced city planning in North America and across the globe. Focusing on the roles of private, public, and nonprofit sectors in shaping housing policy assemblages, the book also covers a wide range of topics, including the evolution of and threats to sustainable forms of public housing, tenements, condos, coops, and rent-regulated housing. For those seeking a comprehensive overview of New York City housing policy, this book is an outstanding resource."