According to a
new report
from consulting firm Construction Coverage, only 17.0% of NYC housing units are single-family—the smallest share among all large U.S. cities.
Since the peak of the U.S. housing bubble in the early 2000s, the proportion of housing units authorized for single-family homes has decreased significantly—from 78.0% in 2005 to 58.9% in 2015. Although there was a modest rebou…