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East Brooklyn Housing

Past Project last updated April 6, 2009

East Brooklyn's neighborhoods now face both a serious need for affordable housing, and a significant number of foreclosures. Like the rest of the New York City, East Brooklyn experienced a dramatic increase in housing prices from 2000 to 2007 -- both rental and sales -- while incomes steadily declined. In the neighborhoods of Ocean Hill, Brownsville, Broadway Junction, Cypress Hills, City Line, East New York, New Lots, Spring Creek and Starrett City, almost half the population pays more than 30% of its income on housing, and around one third of residents live in poverty.

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Confronting the Housing Squeeze: Challenges Facing Immigrant Tenants, and What New York Can Do

Report last updated October 16, 2008

This report examines housing conditions experienced by New York City's immigrant tenants, and offers policy recommendations for improving access to affordable housing and responding to systemic discrimination against immigrants seeking to obtain housing or address poor housing conditions. Its findings draw in part from a survey of immigrant tenants in neighborhoods around New York City.

Confronting the Housing Squeeze.pdf

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