Table 4

Rent Stabilized Vacant Units and Vacancy Rates
New York City, 1993 and 1996

	1993	1996
All Vacant for Rent Units	70,345	81,256
Stabilized	34,071	37,549
Pre-1947	27,534	29,381
Post-1947	6,537	8,168

Net Vacancy Rate (Percent)

	1993	1996
All Rental Units	3.44%(b)	4.01%(b)
Stabilized	3.36	3.57
Pre-1947	3.74	3.85
Post-1947	2.35	2.83

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

Notes:

(a) The vacancy rate is calculated by dividing vacant available for rent units that are not dilapidated by the sum of vacant available for rent units that are not dilapidated and renter-occupied units.

(b)The standard error of the vacancy rate for all renter units was 0.21 percent in 1996 and was 0.19 percent in 1993.