Posted on June 17, 2015 by Hana R. Alberts in Curbed Curbed, By Hana R. Alberts If you don’t make a lot of money, then a lot of New York City apartments are just not going to be within your reach. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, given the current state of the rental market, and how much rents have risen in recent years. But the Urban Institute quantifies the affordability crisis with a new, detailed study that lays out, county by county across the entire country, how many units are affordable to what it labels “extremely low-income” (ELI) households. (Note: the data is for 2013 and earlier.) Those are the ones that make less than 30 percent of the county’s median income. Nationwide, only 28 of every 100 ELI families could find affordable housing in 2013. The full report comes with an interactive map. In Manhattan, though—as pictured above, there were affordable units for 41 out of 100 families. Look, at least it’s not nearly as bad as Los Angeles. Yay?
