Behind closed doors: illegal apartments and housing informality in New York City Ryan
| dc.contributor.author | Devlin, Thomas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-11T12:55:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-11T12:55:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south | en |
| dc.description.abstract | In New York City, illegal dwellings—that is, apartments that violate zoning laws, occupancy regulations, fire codes, or that have been illegally subdivided—are an increasingly common phenomenon. Due to limited availability of affordable options in the formal housing market, illegal dwelling units have become a de-facto affordable housing option for many of New York’s poorest, most vulnerable citizens—new and undocumented immigrants in particular. Using existing housing violations data from the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), combined with interviews and participant observation with key stakeholders such as city officials and regulators, housing advocates, and immigrant community leaders, this research seeks to answer four key questions. First, what is the spatial distribution of illegal dwellings and what factors influence this distribution in the city? How is the phenomenon of illegal apartments regulated and managed by the state? And finally, how is this system of management experienced and challenged by residents and landlords (many of whom are working class immigrants themselves) of illegal apartments? | |
| dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-85-7785-551-1 | |
| dc.identifier.pageNumber | 251-252 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/2643 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | en |
| dc.publisher | AESOP | en |
| dc.rights | openAccess | en |
| dc.rights.license | All Rights Reserved | en |
| dc.source | Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south | en |
| dc.title | Behind closed doors: illegal apartments and housing informality in New York City Ryan | |
| dc.type | conferenceObject | en |
| dc.type.version | publishedVersion |