Table 2

Housing Inventory by Control Status
New York City, 1993 and 1996

 

1993 1996 Percent Change 1993-1996
Total rental units (occupied + vacant) 2,047,017 2,027,421 -1.0%
Controlled 101,798 70,572 -30.7
Stabilized 1,013,097 1,052,300 +3.9
Pre-1947 stabilized
735,412 763,956 +3.9
Post-1947 stabilized
277,685 288,344 +3.8
Private nonregulated(a) 581,591 575,666 -1.0
All other renter units(b) 350,531 328,883 -6.2


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

Notes:

(a) "Private, nonregulated" consists of units which were never rent controlled or rent stabilized, units which were decontrolled, including those in buildings with five or fewer units, and unregulated rentals in cooperative or condominium buildings.

(b) Includes Public Housing, Mitchell-Lama, in rem, HUD regulated, Article 4, Loft Board.