Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
- Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy is a joint center at New York University School of Law and the NYU Wagner School of Public Service. The Furman Center was established in 1994 to create a place where people interested in affordable housing and land use issues could turn to for factual, objective research and information [http://www.law.nyu.edu/realestatecenter/aboutus/index.html About Furman Center] . Since that time, the Furman Center has become an authority on such matters in New York City. [cite web | title = Inclusionary Housing Doesn't Always Help | publisher = CityFeet.com | date = March 27, 2008 | first = Lois | last = Weiss | url = http://www.cityfeet.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?PartnerPath=&Id=28758 | accessdate = 2008-04-02] The Furman Center has a three-part mission.
*Providing objective academic research about land use, real estate, housing and urban affairs, with a particular focus on New York City.
*Promoting intense debate and productive discussion among elected, academic, and industry leaders.
*Supporting and encouraging interested and outstanding NYU students to be the next generation of urban affairs and real estate development leaders through our innovative and engaging learning environment. [cite web | title = NNIP Partner Spotlight | publisher = National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership | url = http://www2.urban.org/nnip/desc_ny.html | accessdate = 2008-04-02]
Resources
The Furman Center produces a report every year called State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods. [ [http://www.law.nyu.edu/realestatecenter/publications/SOC2005.htm State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods 2005 ] ]
They also created and maintain two websites:
*PlanNYC, which is an exhaustive planning and real estate resource that lists dozens and dozens of development and rezoning projects around New York City
*NYCHANIS, which is a web resource for community development organizations, housing organizations, and the general public. It provides Geographical Information Systems information about housing, neighborhood, and demographic conditions in New York City.
Research
Furman Center is constantly updating its collection of original research about issues like affordable housing, predatory lending, housing policy, community gardens, high cost of construction in NYC, and predatory lending, to name a few.
References
External links
* [http://www.law.nyu.edu/realestatecenter/index.html Furman Center Website]
* [http://www.plannyc.org/ PlanNYC]
* [http://www.nychanis.com/NYU/NYCHANIS/ NYCHANIS]
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