Table 1

New York City Housing Inventory, 1993 and 1996

	1993	1996	Percent Change 1993-1996
Total housing units	2,985,527	2,995,276	+0.3%
Total rental units	2,047,017	2,027,421	-1.0
Occupied	1,976,671	1,946,165	-1.5
Vacant, available for rent	70,345	81,256	+15.5
Total owner units	827,000	857,765	+3.7
Occupied	806,479	834,183	+3.4
Vacant, available for sale	20,522	23,581	+14.9
Vacant units, not available for sale or rent	111,510	110,090	-1.3

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1993 and 1996 New York City Housing and Vacancy Surveys.