Minimum parking requirements and housing affordability in New York City

Health of Older Adults in New York City Public Housing: Part 2, Findings from the New York City Housing Authority Senior Survey.

Housing Affordability in Italy

From the early ‘70s the Italian families improved their welfare, raising the national dwelling standard level. During the same period, for several reasons, the rental market share on the total housing stock decreased from 40% to less that 20%. The situation was mainly caused, on the one hand, by some structural changes introduced in the leasing contracts, and, on the other hand, by some incenti...

Diabetes in New York City.

Measuring Housing Affordability in Beijing

Housing affordability is the relationship between households’ income and housing expenditure. The public are very concerned about the high price of residential housing in Beijing, which is considered go beyond the income of average citizens. In order to fully understand the China’s real estate market, the paper first analyses the land policy, housing reform and housing finance, etc. Then this p...

Old and Poor in New York City

T h ree important global trends will affect older persons living in cities. Fi r s t , the world’s population is increasingly concentrated in urban areas. The United Nations estimates that over 60% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2025. Second, poverty is becoming more concentrated in urban areas around the world. Third, for the most part people are living longer, and this has c...