While rents in New York City continue to skyrocket, just like the homeless population, it seems completely illogical that there are ANY empty properties left. But a new study (pdf!) by Picture The Homeless reveals there are enough vacant properties in Manhattan to create 24,000 apartments! To homeless people this absurdity is all too real. There are an estimated 20,000 homeless people in the city today. This map shows the data collected in the study.
Vacant Residential Buiding
Vacant Mixed Use Buiding
Vacant Commercial Buiding
Vacant Lot
Warehousing Is NOT A Thing of The Past
Huge pockets of abandonment remain in Manhattan, and they are concentrated in the gentrifying neighborhoods of color from which the majority of homeless folks come.
Compare Vacancy Counts with Demographic Data by Community District
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Housing Code Violations: State of NYC's Housing and Neighborhoods 2005, Furman Center NYU
Housholds of Color: NYC Department of City Planning. Dervided from 2000 Census http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep
Abandoned Properties: Picture The Homeless/Manhattan Burough President Scott Stringer 2006 Manhattan Vacant Building and Lot Count
