NYC moved closer to its goal of building and preserving up to 200,000 affordable housing units, with completion of 53,000 in 2016. However, city residents and community groups continue to debate how truly affordable these units are; many have been built for low-income residents, but some are slated for middle income use. The contentiousness of affordable housing is indicative of how challenging this area is for New Yorkers across a wide range of income brackets.

To understand Affordability of Housing as a function of inequality, we used four indicators:

• Race & Severe Rent Burden
• Race & Homeownership
• Race & Home Purchase Loan Denial
• Sexual Orientation & Homeownership

Take a look at the chart to your right for an overall picture of this topic, and then look at each indicator and the scores in context for more detail and additional findings.