What Is NYCHA? Your Questions Answered About New York City Public Housing
If the population were a state, it’d be as big as Wyoming, or Vermont. Figuring out how to repair the crumbling, enormous housing system has stymied leaders for years as tenants suffer.
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Officially, just under 400,000 people live in New York City Housing Authority buildings. But that’s the on-the-books tally.
The total population is likely much higher: According to sanitation department figures cited by NYCHA’s federal monitor in 2019, the real number may be as high as 600,000.