Regional Plan Association works toward a better future for the tri-state region
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Reducing Segregation & Inequality Across the Region

Our region is one of the most segregated parts of the United States and has some of the highest levels of income inequality. RPA analyzes the scope of these structural inequities and works with partners to address them.

Many of our most deep-seated problems — high cost of living, rising inequality, wide gaps in education and health outcomes, even the existential challenges of climate change — cannot be addressed without understanding how racial and economic segregation shape our economy, schools, housing and labor markets. RPA has set a goal of transforming the tri-state metropolitan area from one of the nation’s most segregated region’s to one of the least. We conduct research into the causes and impacts of segregation and work with partners throughout the region to reduce inequality.

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See How Hard Gentrification Has Hit Your NYC Neighborhood

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New York City Gentrification Creating Urban ​‘Islands Of Exclusion,’ Study Finds

WNYC

Gentrification Is Not Just An Urban Issue

Even if New York City can protect its low-income renters in gentrifying neighborhoods, that won’t necessarily ease the displacement pressures on the other communities throughout the region which are experiencing similar issues of rising rents and fewer housing choices.”

Gates Moses

Moses Gates

Vice President, Housing & Neighborhood Planning

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Action

Survey on Affordable Housing in Connecticut

RPA and the Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity are creating a guidebook that will help CT towns create their own local affordable housing plans, and your input is critical.

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New York City's "Where We Live" Plan

RPA offered feedback to City Hall on New York City’s plan to further fair housing, ​“Where We Live.”

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Western Connecticut Council of Governments' 2020-2030 Regional Plan

On behalf of Fairfield County’s Center for Housing Opportunity, Christie Stewart of Fairfield County’s Community Foundation commented on WestCOG’s Draft Regional Plan of Conservation and Development

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New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Housing

RPA testified on affordable housing development to the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Housing

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New York City Charter Revision Commission

RPA offered feedback on comprehensive planning and community engagement to New York City’s Charter Revision Commission.

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RPA Lab

New Jersey Statehouse

Green Infrastructure, Public Transit, and Housing for All: RPA's Agenda for New Jersey
Our Senior Vice President Kate Slevin’s comments during a June 17 panel hosted by the New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center offer an outline of RPA’s agenda in the Garden State.
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4 RP NYC Property Taxes

How to Desegregate Our Cities
Our region is one of the most segregated areas in the US. While no single policy can undo this legacy, we can’t truly expand opportunity without changing regulations that determine where affordable housing can be built.
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Time to Bring Affordable Housing to SoHo and NoHo
When it comes to building more affordable housing in the region, we need as much as we can get. But we also need to build it in a smart and equitable way.
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HUD Undermining the Fight Against Housing Discrimination
A new proposed regulation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development fails to recognize the historic and current relationship between segregation, inequality, and spatial planning.
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Our Region Needs More Housing: End Single Family Zoning
To create more housing in our region, we should follow the lead of U.S. cities like Minneapolis and end outdated zoning regulations that prevent the construction of multi-family housing.
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Research

Be Neighbor Pattern

Be my Neighbor

Untapped Housing Solutions: ADUs and Conversions
We can create hundreds of thousands of new homes in the region just by allowing accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and conversions of large single-family homes to two- or three-family homes.
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Pushed Out

Pushed Out

Housing Displacement in an Unaffordable Region
Over the past decades, New York City and much of the surrounding region has experienced a remarkable turnaround. But this success has come at a price. This report focuses on the impact of rising rents and neighborhood change on low and moderate-income households.
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State of the Region's Health

How the New York Metropolitan Region’s Urban Systems Influence Health
How do planning decisions such as investment in a subway line, the creation of a park or the redevelopment of a neighborhood affect health outcomes decades later? This report seeks to add to our understanding of the health impacts of long term urban planning decisions.
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Research Areas

Housing & Neighborhood PlanningGovernance

Location

ConnecticutNew JerseyNew York