Small and Shared Housing

Small and Shared Housing – Spray Foam Insulation NYC

NYC banned shared housing in the 1950s and apartment buildings full of studio apartments in the 1960s. This has contributed to the homelessness crisis in the decades since, and forced people who would prefer to live alone into living with roommates.

City of Yes for Housing Opportunity allows buildings with more studios and one-bedrooms for the many New Yorkers who want to live alone but don’t have that option today, and clears the way for more housing with shared kitchens and other common facilities

These apartments are important for so many people – recent college graduates, older households that are downsizing, and everyone who lives with roommates but would prefer to live alone. Allowing more small and shared apartments will also open up larger, family-sized apartments otherwise be occupied by roommates.