Housing NYC 2.0

NYC Housing Crisis With rising rents and limited affordable housing alternatives, city dwellers are forced to either downgrade their housing standards or dramatically increase the portion of their income allocated for rent. With New York’s ever-growing population, the affordability crisis will only get worse. Development projects resort to repetitive “cookie-cutter” units, for the sake of cost efficiency, which have limited adaptability. Compact living has also emerged as a possible solution but with considerable impediments. To compensate for shrinking living space, shared kitchens and bathrooms are often proposed. Additionally, impractical solutions are adopted where convertible beds double as seating which requires cumbersome daily manoeuvring.