Renewing NYCHA
Thursdays, May 29 – June 26
8:30 – 10:00AM
Kohn Pedersen Fox
11 West 42nd Street, 6th Floor
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What is the future of New York City’s public housing? This spring, join the Forum and Institute for Urban Design as we generate new ideas to preserve our aging buildings, improve the lives of tenants, and develop new housing options.
In the eight decades since the construction of the East Village’s First Houses in 1935, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has built the nation’s largest and most successful public housing program. As many as 600,000 residents–or 5% of New York City’s total population–live in 178,000 apartments across 334 developments.
Yet the challenges facing NYCHA are mounting: aging buildings desperately in need of repair; declining federal funding; a 26% unemployment rate; and over 160,000 families on the wait list. Many housing developments are at the water’s edge, exposed to the rising tide and susceptible to skyrocketing real estate values.
Join us Thursdays this spring as we invite housing designers, developers, investors, and tenants to make bold proposals to improve New York City’s public housing and confront the city’s housing crisis. Over breakfast, our experts will present their visions in quick succession before opening up the debate to you, our Fellows.
This series is by invitation-only. Seats are exclusively available to Forum + Institute Fellows and invited guests.
Image Credit: David Schalliol
Rebuilding NYCHA A Roundtable on Urban Design & Preservation May 29, 8:30 – 10:00AM How should NYC’s public housing be improved, restored, or rebuilt? How could the authority retrofit aging buildings for energy savings or flood protection? How could underutilized lawns and parking lots be redesigned? This event is SOLD OUT! To join the wait list, click the link below. | With proposals by: Andrew Bernheimer Susannah Drake Michael Kwartler Mitch McEwen Laura Starr John Woelfling |
NYCHA and the Neighborhood A Roundtable on Community Development June 5, 8:30 – 10:00AM How could tenants take a more active role in housing authority governance? How could NYCHA improve or better provide community services, like workforce training and senior services? This event is SOLD OUT! To join the wait list, click the link below. | With proposals by: Victor Bach Rosanne Haggerty James Lima Joseph Shuldiner |
Paying for Public Housing A Roundtable on Finance & Ownership June 12, 8:30 – 10:00AM In light of declining federal funding, how can the city and state government more effectively finance NYCHA’s essential housing and community services? This event is SOLD OUT! To join the wait list, click the link below. | With proposals by: Nicholas Dagen Bloom Holly Leicht Joseph Rose Adam Weinstein Emily Youssouf Marc Zuluaga |
New Uses for Public Land A Roundtable on Land Use June 19, 8:30 – 10:00AM How could city government use vacant or underutilized public land to create new affordable housing? How could the NYCHA Land Lease proposal be revised to better meet the needs of tenants and the new administration’s goals? This event is SOLD OUT! To join the wait list, click the link below. | With proposals by: Tom Angotti David Burney Fred Harris Frank Sciame Julia Vitullo-Martin Mark Willis |
Social Housing Beyond NYCHA A Roundtable on New Housing Options June 26, 8:30 – 10:00AM How should the new mayoral administration provide safe, decent housing for a growing population? What opportunities were overlooked in the Housing New York plan? | With proposals by: Matt Blesso Bomee Jung Magnus Magnusson Lucille McEwen Susanne Schindler |
Renewing NYCHA is part of The Housing Question, a year-long series led by the Forum + Institute for Urban Design and supported by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), examining the legacy and future of social housing across the United States. |