For more information, please contact us at:
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
New York University
139 MacDougal Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012
Telephone: 212-998-6713
Fax: 212-995-4313
Email: furmancenter@nyu.edu
For media inquiries, please contact:
Meghan Lewit
Communications Associate
Email: meghan.lewit@nyu.edu
Phone: 212-998-6492
Housing Finance and Foreclosures
As the country grapples with a financial crisis and credit markets have tightened, issues of housing finance and foreclosures have moved to the forefront for policymakers, as well as for individual families and neighborhoods. Our research looks at the current and historic trends in mortgage lending, multi-family housing finance, the causes and consequences of foreclosure, and the effectiveness of foreclosure prevention programs.
Public Housing and Public Schools: How Do Students Living in NYC Public Housing Fare in School?
This report examines the school performance of children living in NYCHA housing and finds that children living in NYCHA housing perform less well on standardized math and reading tests than other students, even after controlling for the characteristics of the individual students and the schools they attend.
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