micro-units

Micro Cosmopolitan: The Promise of Tiny Apartments in a City Where Size is Everything

With a large population of singles desperately seeking housing and a potential fix in the form of micro-units, developers are exploring ways to build small apartments suited to middle-income singles within the current parameters of the city's zoning and housing codes, which is not necessarily an easy task, despite the ready-made market.

By Kim Velsey

When Will New York Get More Micro-Units?

Micro-units: we're all obsessed, so when are we getting more?

By Kim Velsey

The Housing Being Built in New York Doesn’t Meet the Needs of New Yorkers

Building more micro-units would be a very direct way of bringing the city's demographics in line with its housing stock.

By Kim Velsey

The Great Micro-unit Debate Is Moot; Tiny Apartments Already Exist All Over Manhattan

By Kim Velsey

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