Rethinking public housing one design solution at a time
A new exhibition at MoMA explores how architects are applying blue-sky thinking to some of New York City’s biggest public housing issues.
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the nation’s largest landlord of public housing, which also means it has the potential to be the nation’s largest slumlord. By its own accounting, NYCHA’s 177,000-apartment portfolio is dilapidated to the tune of $40 billion. This deferred maintenance on things like elevators, heaters, and air-conditioning makes life challenging for many residents and operation of the vast system a perplexing headache.
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