Housing Codes

Red NYC brick apartment buildings with closed, unlabeled comemrcial space on ground floor.

NYC Puts 250 Most Distressed Apartment Buildings on Enhanced Oversight List

The city’s Alternative Enforcement Program prioritizes buildings with the most unaddressed code violations, allowing the city to make repairs where needed.

February 10, 2026 - NYC.gov

A NYC Housing Code Rarely Enforced - Fortunately

Fortunately for the unrelated roommates, that is, because in NYC the housing code prohibits more than three to live under the same roof. By one estimate, that would make at least 15,000 units illegal. This article looks at several of them.

April 1, 2010 - The New York Times - N.Y. / Region

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

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100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.