Rise in overcrowded housing, overcrowded = More than one person per room [View all]

[Liberal_in_LA]

EXCLUSIVE: Rise in overcrowded NYC apartments shows need for more housing, says Controller Scott Stringer


Perhaps most alarmingly, the number of studio apartments citywide with three or more residents has jumped 365% from 3,614 in 2005 to an amazing 24,557 in 2013.

The borough with the most overcrowded studios got way worse, with a 443% increase — that’s 12,615 additional studio apartments considered overcrowded in 2013.

All told New York City's overcrowding is now nearly triple the national average, with nearly one in 10 units — 8.8% — of rentals and homes deemed overcrowded in 2013.

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Stringer said the growing trend toward cramped living makes for unhealthy conditions by exacerbating asthma, creates dangerous illegal apartments, and sometimes forces families into homeless shelters.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exclusive-surge-number-overcrowded-nyc-apartments-article-1.2385078