Decades of neglect and underinvestment by all levels of government have left the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) - home to more than 400,000 residents - in a state of crisis. Buildings continue to deteriorate, residents continue to put up with deplorable conditions, and parts of the system will soon face demolition by neglect. RPA is proposing strategies to dramatically increase funding and improve management for NYCHA, and we’re working across sectors to build the political and civic will necessary to implement them.

We’re very much at the point where the deferred maintenance of NYCHA properties is starting to compound and really spiral. If you don’t renovate buildings and keep them in a state of good repair, they eventually fall down.”

Moses Gates

Vice President, Housing & Neighborhood Planning

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Research

Scalable Design Solutions for NYCHA

Creating better living conditions for residents while ensuring NYCHA’s future

The architects at Peterson Rich Office produced a report of scalable solutions and design strategies to modernize NYCHA buildings and campuses and improve living conditions for residents as part RPA’s Kaplan Chairs for Urban Design fellowship.

The Impacts of Living in NYCHA

Needs for resident health in the Rockaways and beyond

This report is meant to highlight the urgency with which we need to bring better conditions to NYCHA, because not doing so has a direct effect on the health of hundreds of thousands of residents.

Time to Act

Restoring the Promise of NYC’s Public Housing

That we have let more than 400,000 of our neighbors fall into terrible living conditions is a source of shame for us all. Government and the greater civic world of New York City need to engage on this issue.

NYCHA’S Crisis

A Matter For All New Yorkers

Decades of neglect and underinvestment by all levels of government—federal, state and city—have led to the current crisis facing the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).

Action

NYCHA Preservation Trust

RPA celebrated passage of the NYCHA Preservation Trust Bill, which creates a new, more effective mechanism for raising and spending money on repairs and improvements within public housing.

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NYCHA's "Blueprint for Change"

RPA support NYCHA’s Blueprint for Change proposal but is calling for improvements, including giving NYCHA residents a greater role administering and overseeing the program.

Testimony to New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Housing on Affordable Housing Development

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RPA Lab

Infrastructure Priorities for Biden's First 100 Days

RPA compiled a list of projects and regulatory actions we recommend the Biden administration prioritize immediately.

From the Archive

1931

Housing Conditions in the New York Region

The housing problem is essentially social, but it cannot be solved without taking into consideration the economic factors with which it is inseparably associated.

Restoring the Promise of Public Housing

Research

Scalable Design Solutions for NYCHA

The Impacts of Living in NYCHA

Time to Act

NYCHA’S Crisis

Action

RPA Lab

Infrastructure Priorities for Biden's First 100 Days

From the Archive

1931

Housing Conditions in the New York Region

Research Areas

Location

Restoring the Promise of Public Housing

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Research

Scalable Design Solutions for NYCHA

The Impacts of Living in NYCHA

Time to Act

NYCHA’S Crisis

Action

RPA Lab

Infrastructure Priorities for Biden's First 100 Days

From the Archive

1931

Housing Conditions in the New York Region

Research Areas

Location