5BORO Institute Executive Director Grace Rauh joins Felix Simon, host of the Slate Money podcast, to discuss converting offices into housing in NYC. Listen here!
Listen to the full story on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show. — Summary: Grace Rauh, executive director of the think tank 5BORO Institute, and Howard Slatkin, executive director at Citizens Housing and Planning Council, talk about the new report from 5BORO for “flexible co-housing” conversions from office buildings.
Watch the full interview on NY1. — Excerpt: As office vacancy rates skyrocket and available affordable housing continues to decrease, advocates and the city are looking for new ways to combat New York’s ever-growing housing crisis. While the Adams administration has been pushing to turn empty offices in Midtown into new homes, developers and landlords […]
Read the full story on The New York Times. — Excerpt: What if you lived in an apartment that did not have its own kitchen or bathroom? A New York think tank called the 5Boro Institute says such apartments could put a dent in two crises the city is facing — the chronic shortage of […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: info@fiveboro.nyc New York, NY — Today, the 5BORO Institute released its report, Flexible Co-Living: Advancing a New Housing Model for Office-to-Residential Conversions in NYC. The report proposes a new housing model, called Flexible Co-Living, that eases barriers to housing development and helps provide a viable path to make office-to-residential conversions more […]
As rents shatter records in the city and mortgage rates remain sky high, 5BORO is taking a look at some of the newest and most innovative affordable housing initiatives taking root in cities and counties across the country. There’s no silver bullet, but these approaches may inspire new ideas for NYC and build on existing […]
Wednesday March 1, 2023 Hon. Liz Krueger, Chair, NYS Senate, Finance Hon. Helene Weinstein, Chair, NYS Assembly, Ways & Means Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on behalf of the 5BORO Institute – a think tank dedicated to advancing innovative and implementable solutions to tackle NYC’s most challenging problems. We write to express […]
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on behalf of the 5BORO Institute – a think tank dedicated to advancing innovative and implementable solutions to tackle NYC’s most challenging problems. We write to express support for Reso. 0503 to call on the State legislature to: Expand office to residential conversions […]