Unit Income Rent data details maximum allowable household income and initial legal versus actual rents for apartments in New York City housing developments receiving city financial assistance. The dataset is reported by building and bedroom size under Local Law 44 of 2012. It is published by the City of New York and was last updated in November 2025.
Use Cases
- Analyze the gap between MedianInitialLegalRent and MedianActualRent to study rent control effectiveness.
- Model the relationship between BedroomSize, MaxAllowableIncome, and HighActualRent for different building types.
- Cluster buildings by ProjectID using TotalUnits and rent distributions (LowActualRent, HighActualRent) to identify project archetypes.
- Assess income targeting by comparing MaxAllowableIncome distributions across different BedroomSize categories.
Strengths
- Data is disaggregated by building (BuildingID) and BedroomSize for detailed analysis.
- Includes both legal rent ceilings (InitialLegalRent) and reported actual rents (ActualRent) for comparison.
- Published by an official city source (data.cityofnewyork.us) with a recent update in 2025.
Limitations
- Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting statistical power assessment.
- Temporal coverage and update frequency are unspecified, hindering trend analysis.
- Lacks direct tenant demographic or unit occupancy status data.
Provenance
- Source
- City of New York via data.cityofnewyork.us.
- Collection Method
- Reported by housing development projects pursuant to Local Law 44 of 2012.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-11 - 17.
- Geography
- New York City, USA.