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An Executive Summary: Housing Crises in New York

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Executive Summary

• New York Needs 1/2 a million homes for workers in its new jobs.
• There are about 65,000 homes for sale or rent throughout the entire state.
• Sky scraper homes and offices might be an innovative solution.
• New construction will almost definitely be necessary.
• Unused land should be examined as building locations.
• Ghost towns might make a good option for land development.
• Laborers may be asked to agree to rent a room short term.

Secondary Tasks

• What to do when a population vanishes?
• What plans are in place for 65+ who are currently below 50?
• What plans can be put in place for economic downturns?

References and Data Links

Wages

The Housing Situation for Minimum Wage Workers
https://www.gobankingrates.com/investing/real-estate/rent-minimum-wage-salary-every-state/

Cost of Food Prices
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/17/income-a-single-person-needs-to-get-by-in-every-us-state.html

Minimum Wage Tracker
https://www.epi.org/minimum-wage-tracker/

Cost of a 2 Bedroom in the USA
https://nlihc.org/oor

Job Resources

Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics for New York
Sort by Median Wage, high to low then sort by Occupation Code Compare differences
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_ny.htm#00-0000

Career Comparison
Try Dentist, General to Nurse Practitioner Try Computer Network Support Specialists to Automotive Body And Related Repairers
https://www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/Careers/compare-occupations.aspx

Job Switcher
Try Automotive Body And Related Repairers Try Nurse Practitioner
https://www.myskillsmyfuture.org/default.aspx

American Job Center New York List
https://www.careeronestop.org/LocalHelp/AmericanJobCenters/find-american-job-centers.aspx?&location=New%20York&radius=25&ct=0&y=0&w=0&e=0&sortcolumns=Location&sortdirections=ASC&curPage=1&pagesize=500

American Job Center Zip Code Finder
https://www.careeronestop.org/LocalHelp/AmericanJobCenters/american-job-centers.aspx

New York State Job Bank
https://newyork.usnlx.com/index.asp

Housing Resources

HUD Home Purchaser Program for New York
https://www.hudhomestore.gov/Listing/PropertySearchResult.aspx?sState=NY&sLanguage=ENGLISH#;

HUD Apartment Finder
Disable location, click ok, click (top left) "find affordable housing opportunities near me", type "New York", click the search button, click "New York"
https://resources.hud.gov/#

New York Housing Authority Apartment Renter Program
https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/eligibility/eligibility.page

HUD Shelter Finder
https://www.hud.gov/findshelter

HUD Eviction Help
https://www.hud.gov/states/new_york/homeless/prevent_eviction

HUD New York Contacts
https://www.hud.gov/states/new_york/offices

Other HUD resources in New York
https://www.hud.gov/states/new_york

Bing Real Estate
Try to sort, pan and zoom, switch from buy to rent https://www.bing.com/homes/map?q=housing%20new%20york&formcode=000074

Zillow Rent in New York
https://www.zillow.com/ny/rentals/

Zillow Purchase in New York
https://www.zillow.com/ny/

Craigslist Rooms
Has pic, private room, private or shared bath, shared kitchen and/or living room
https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/roo?hasPic=1&max_price=850&min_price=300&sort=date#search=1~gallery~0~0

Craigslist sorted by lowest cost
https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/roo?hasPic=1&max_price=850&min_price=300&sort=priceasc#search=1~gallery~0~0

Craigslist sorted by nicest rooms
https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/roo?hasPic=1&max_price=850&min_price=300&sort=pricedsc#search=1~gallery~0~0

Please check area wages before selecting a room. Do not respond to room ads in the apartments/housing section.

Mass Migration

Domestic Migration 2017
https://www.newgeography.com/content/005917-moving-away-from-the-major-metropolitan-areas-the-2017-estimates

Pandemic Era (Covid-19 Epoch) Metro Migration https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2022/04/14/new-census-data-shows-a-huge-spike-in-movement-out-of-big-metro-areas-during-the-pandemic/

Studying Domestic Migration Patterns
Find New York in Largest Net Outflows columns "Top Destinations" and examine the MSA of origin.
This indicates where people are migrating from when selecting New York as a home
https://www.valuepenguin.com/2019/11/metro-migration-patterns

Forbes Op-Ed on Domestic Migration
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisdorsey/2021/03/17/americas-mass-migration-intensifies-as-leftugees-flee-blue-states-and-counties-for-red/

U-Haul Domestic Migration Meta Data for 2020
2019 rank in parenthesis
https://www.uhaul.com/Articles/About/2020-Migration-Trends-U-Haul-Ranks-50-States-By-Migration-Growth-22746/

Data Analysis Samples

Crises Locations
Total Crashes = Crises Pending
Total Injury = Active Crises (eviction, job loss, loss of transportation, uninhabitable home, no food)
https://town-of-normal-open-data-tongis.hub.arcgis.com/apps/2a5bbc55e951478b8fa0ff0108be22d9/explore

Community Management Platform
Crime Reports = Complaints (which may end up being actual crimes)
Accident Reports = Pranks or Bullying or Emergency Services (e.g. heart attack, fire, nervous breakdown, car damage, home damage)
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/3bbece5de97041fe87acfde81958c49b

Other Data Analysis Tools and Samples for big town management
https://town-of-normal-open-data-tongis.hub.arcgis.com/