What People Need and What the Stock Provides

The amount of time spent indoors these days has prompted a great  deal of introspection about New York City’s housing landscape. While some enjoy living space in abundance, or have just enough, many others  are forced to reckon with crowded quarters that don’t easily meet the  demands of quarantine or social distance (and exacerbate cabin fever  among family members or roommates). As debate swirls around the supposed perils of density,  complex questions lurk behind the measure of this single metric. Who  actually lives in New York City, and does the housing stock meet their  needs? Sarah Watson of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council talks about crafting policy that addresses the fundamental intersection of public health and  private home, and the urgency to build and adapt dwellings that are more  than just affordable, but reflect how we live — alone or together.  https://urbanomnibus.net/2020/05/what-people-need-and-what-the-stock-provides/