Read the Draft Report
This summer, the City released the draft Fair Housing Growth Strategy as required by Local Law 167 of 2023. This is a draft document intended for public comment. View ways to engage with the draft report, including attending virtual briefings, submitting a written comment, or speaking with a team member one-on-one.
Download a screen-reader accessible copy of the Fair Housing Growth Strategy draft report.
Advancing Fair Housing Through Housing Growth
New York City is scarred by a long history of discrimination, segregation, and injustice which have led to uneven development patterns and persistent disparities across our neighborhoods and city.
Additionally, housing costs in New York City have skyrocketed while housing opportunities and quality have declined. New Yorkers who encounter the greatest barriers in the housing market, like voucher users and low-income residents, are hit hardest by these challenges.
Part of the issue is that we don’t have enough housing to meet our growing need. Although certain neighborhoods have added a lot more housing, the city is building too few homes in too few neighborhoods overall.
In 2023, New York City Council Passed Local Law 167 which mandated the City to create a Fair Housing Framework. The Fair Housing Framework includes two reports which must be published every five years: Where We Live NYC, a comprehensive fair housing plan, and the Fair Housing Growth Strategy, which evaluates New York City’s housing need and provides a citywide vision for more equitable housing production.
The Fair Housing Growth Strategy answers:
- How much housing does New York City need to support a healthier and more affordable housing market?
- How should that housing be distributed to advance fair housing goals?
With the Fair Housing Growth Strategy, the City is conducting detailed analyses of this kind for the first time. The report consists of three sections:
- A long-term Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) to evaluate the scale of New York City’s housing need
- Housing Production Targets (HPT) to establish equitable growth targets*
- A Strategic Equity Framework (SEF) to identify obstacles to fair housing and complementary investments and strategies that help communities accommodate growth.
Together, these analyses provide communities and policy makers with the figures and framework to understand how neighborhoods working together can address our housing crisis.
The Fair Housing Growth Strategy is a collaboration between the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the NYC Department of City Planning.
*Community district targets are non-binding five-year goals to guide decisions about where to encourage new housing and affordable housing development
