 The Housing Conditions of Immigrants in New York CityMichael Schill, Samantha Friedman and Emily Rosenbaum Journal of Housing Research, 1998, vol. 9, issue 2, 201-235 Abstract: The influx of immigrants to New York City increases the demand for housing. Because the city has one of the nation's tightest and most complicated housing markets, immigrants may disproportionately occupy the lowest-quality housing. This article examines homeownership, affordability, crowding, and housing quality among foreign- and native-born households.Overall, foreign-born households are more likely to be renters and encounter affordability problems. Multivariate analyses reveal that foreign-born renters are more likely to live in overcrowded and unsound housing but less likely to live in badly maintained dwellings. However, compared with native-born white renters, immigrants—especially Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Caribbeans, Africans, and Latin Americans—are more likely to live in badly maintained units. Because this disadvantage is shared by native-born blacks and Hispanics, it strongly suggests that race and ethnicity are more significant than immigrant status per se in determining housing conditions. Date: 1998 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:rjrhxx:v:9:y:1998:i:2:p:201-235 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/10835547.1998.12091940 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Housing Research is currently edited by Kimberly Goodwin More articles in Journal of Housing Research from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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