New York Housing Conference has produced a special updated NYC Housing Tracker report with six months of additional data. The new data, showing the ongoing disparity in affordable housing production, highlights the need for charter reforms.
In November, New Yorkers will vote on changes to the city’s land use review process proposed by the New York City Charter Revision Commission. This special update of the NYC Housing Tracker will explain the housing-related ballot questions and place them within the context of key data on the land use review process, the city’s affordable housing crisis, and the distribution of affordable housing throughout the five boroughs.
The housing-related ballot measures will speed up the development of housing and remove barriers to developing affordable housing in certain neighborhoods.
Over the past six months, the top 10 districts for affordable housing production saw on average 454 new units of affordable housing. The top producing district – District 47 in Brooklyn – saw 706 units of new affordable housing financed in the first six months of 2025. Meanwhile, the bottom 10 districts produced just 7 units in total, less than one new unit of affordable housing per district on average over the six months – all of which is likely homeowner assistance. Four districts saw no new affordable housing over that time.
The bottom line is that too many Council Districts are failing to add affordable housing to address the historic housing crisis New York City is facing.
In the brief, NYHC explains the four housing-related ballot questions: the affordable housing fast-track, the Expedited Land Use Review Procedure, the appeals board, and the digitized city maps, and how each can help add more affordable housing faster across the city.
Read the brief here.