“Affordable Housing.” The phrase seems plain enough, but it doesn’t always mean what people think it does! It actually has a technical government definition that can determine what gets built and who lives there. Use these tools to answer the all-important question: “Affordable to whom?”
The Tools
The Felt Chart
Use this interactive chart to break down affordable housing policy into easy-to-understand visuals. Look at income demographics, rents, and proposed developments in your neighborhood. Learn about affordable housing programs and who’s eligible for them. Watch the video to see how it works!
The Guidebook
This guidebook uses pictures and diagrams to walk you through affordable housing policy in New York City. It includes the first-ever illustrated compendium of NYC affordable housing programs, and it gives step-by-step instructions on how to use the felt chart to lead a workshop for your group. También disponible en español!
The Flash Map
This flash map lets you instantly chart the income demographics of any neighborhood in New York City. Use the sliders to see who can afford to live there at various rents. Make a PDF map of your neighborhood – complete with stats – and print it out!
Get Stuff:
- Order The Felt Chart and Guidebook together in a handy carrying case.
- Order The Guidebook alone. ($12)
- Download The Guidebook for free.
- Descargue El Libro en español sin costo alguno.
- Check out The Flash Map for free.
We’re committed to helping housing advocates, policy experts, community boards, developers, and others teach their constituents about land use and development in New York City. Sliding scale rates are available for all Envisioning Development tools. Contact us at john@anothercupdevelopment.org for more information.
Partners
The Affordable Housing Tool was developed by Rosten Woo and John Mangin of CUP, Glen Cummings of MTWTF, Margot Walker of the Pratt Center for Community and Economic Development and Dave Powell of the Fifth Avenue Committee. We received invaluable input from the following friends:
Victor Bach, Community Service Society
Eve Baron, Municipal Arts Society
Amy Chan, Tenants & Neighbors
Glen Cummings, MTWTF
Benjamin Dulchin, Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
Emily Earle, Pratt Area Community Council
Julia Fitzgerald, Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Katie Goldstein, Tenants & Neighbors
Amanda Huron, Hunter College
Sadaf Khatri, New York Jobs with Justice
Heather Knopsnyder, Pratt Area Community Council
Alison Lack, Good Jobs First
Jenny Laurie, City-Wide Task Force on Housing Court
Richard Lee, Asian Americans for Equality
Dina Levy, Urban Homesteading Assistance Board
Jennifer Levy, South Brooklyn Legal Services
Gita Nandan, Thread Collective
Helene Onserud, Center for Family Life
Juan Camilo Osorio, Municipal Arts Society
Damaris Reyes, Good Old Lower East Side
Elana Schneyer, Pratt Area Community Council
Sideya Sherman, Municipal Arts Society
Jo Anne Simon, Attorney and Candidate for City Council
Elizabeth Sorce, Urban Homesteading Assistance Board
Ericka Stallings, The New York Immigration Coalition
Bob Zuckerman, Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation