Overcrowding, a Precursor to Homelessness, is Increasing Citywide: Report by Association for Neighbourhood & Housing Development

NEW YORK CITY — In a new report assessing threats to affordable housing citywide, advocates say one issue is getting even worse: overcrowding.

In the five boroughs, the rate of severely overcrowded households increased 18 percent from 2014 to 2015, according to the latest available data from the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, an advocacy group that studies affordable housing in New York.

In its 2017 report “How is Affordable Housing Threatened in Your Neighborhood?” the group charted 19 different factors deemed threats to affordable housing, including a neighborhood’s unemployment rate, percentage of rent-burdened households, the number of ongoing housing-related litigation and foreclosure rates.1

• 1. Source: DNAinfo