While the city always seems to be growing and expanding, experts say it's not fast enough to meet demand. Zoning restrictions, the cost of construction and the ability of politicians to find a solution are some of the obstacles to increasing the supply of housing. New York City, this is not a drill. Rental prices are falling (very slowly), at least for now.
First of all, a Real Deal report points to figures that indicate that the national average rent for a room has fallen by. Davis, a TikTok star, has used his social media platform to advocate for greater protection for tenants, including legislation on evictions for good cause that would give tenants of unregulated units the right to renew their lease in most cases. However, the price cuts have since expired, at the same time that the wealthiest New Yorkers returned to the rental market. Earlier this summer, New York City witnessed increases in rents for both apartments with stabilized rents and units at market price.
Unlike what happens in the high-end of the market, the vacancy rate in affordable apartments for low-income New Yorkers remained minuscule during the pandemic, as eviction protections kept poor tenants housed even if they couldn't or didn't pay rent. To give you an idea of how that compares, the city has about a million unregulated rental units, so 75,000 additional unavailable apartments would more than compensate for any population drain. Appraiser Jonathan Miller told Curbed that, according to his analysis, the slight change could lead to a more balanced rental market, in which broker fees could fall and bidding wars could end. After a summer in which moving to a new apartment or renegotiating the lease seemed to be confronting the last New York City boss, the rental market seems to be cooling down a bit.
The increases continue to challenge predictions that New York's sky-high rents would fall after the summer and offer some relief to tenants after rents hit historic records. New York City's rental market is ranked according to an unusual degree of coexistence between unrelated adults, because housing here is very expensive and the housing stock doesn't fit the city's demographics. Rising rents have been hitting New Yorkers even more than you might think considering the role that inflation played. In 1965, the typical New York City household spent about 20 percent of its income on rent, according to a survey conducted by the city.
The data analyzed and shared by StreetEasy shows that median rents increased during the pandemic, falling throughout the city in the last two years before rising again. Rising rents in New York also increases pressure on general inflation, as rents are a major component of inflation rates and New York is the largest rental market in the country. The results revealed a strong increase in median rents in all states except Staten Island during that time period, although this may be due to sample size. Sky-high rents in New York City don't usually make headlines, but all parties agree that something out of the ordinary is afoot.
