1996 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey

Renter-Occupied Housing Units,Tables by Variable Type

Household Characteristics

• Age and Sex of Householder
• Age of Householder
• Contract Rent as Percentage of Household Income
• Gross Rent as Percentage of Household Income
• Households Below Specified Poverty Income Level
• Household Composition
• Household Income
• Household Members under Age 6
• Household Members under Age 18
• Household Receiving Part of Rent from Government
• Householder in Unit when Converted to Co-op or Condo
• Households Receiving Public Assistance
• Income of Primary Individuals
• Length of Lease
• Monthly Out of Pocket Contract Rent
• Number of Persons
• Number of Stories in Building
• Persons Per Room
• Presence of Nonrelatives
• Previous Residence of Householder
• Race and Ethnicity of Householder
• Reason Householder Moved from Previous Residence
• Rent Subsidy
• Respondent Reported Rent Control Status
• Year Householder Moved into Unit

• Borough
• Boarded up Buildings (Respondent)
• Buildings with Broken/Boarded Windows on Street (Observation)
• Neighborhood Residential Structure Condition Rating (Respondent)

• Access from Sidewalk to Unit Without Using Stairs
• Condition of Building
• Condition of External Walls of Building
• Condition of Floors of Building
• Condition of Stairways of Building
• Condition of Windows of Building
• Elevator in Building
• Presence of Owner in Building
• NYC Structure Classification
• Non-eviction Conversion to Co-op or Condo
• Number of Building Condition Problems
• Number of Units in Building
• Type of Heating Fuel
• Wheelchair Accessibility - Building Entrance
• Wheelchair Accessibility - Elevator
• Year Building Built

• Additional Heating Required
• Breakdown in Heating System
• Broken Plaster or Peeling Paint
• Contract Rent
• Cracks or Holes in Walls, Ceiling or Floor
• What Floor is the Unit on
• Functioning of Kitchen Facilities
• Gross Rent
• Gross Rent Per Room
• Monthly Cost of Electricity
• Monthly Cost of Other Fuels
• Monthly Cost of Utility Gas
• Monthly Cost of Water and Sewer
• Number of Bedrooms
• Number of Rooms
• Number of 1987 Maintenance Deficiencies
• Number of 1996 Maintenance Deficiencies
• Presence of Kitchen Facilities
• Presence of Plumbing Facilities
• Rodent Infestation
• Toilet Breakdown
• Water Leak in Unit
• Wheelchair Accessibility - Residential Unit Entrance