NYC Rent Guidelines Board

		1996	1999
All Vacant for Rent Units		81,256	64,412
Rent Stabilized Units		37,549	25,790
	Pre-1947 Stabilized	29,381	20,069
	Post-1947 Stabilized	8,168	5,720
		Net Vacancy Rate_(a)
		1996	1999
All Rental Units		4.01%_(b)	3.19%_(b)
Rent Stabilized Units		3.57	2.46
	Pre-1947 Stabilized	3.85	2.61
	Post-1947 Stabilized	2.83	2.06

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Sources: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1996 and 1999 New York City Housing and Vacancy Surveys.

Notes:

(a) The vacancy rate is calculated by dividing vacant available for rent units that are not dilapidated by the sum of vacant available for rent units that are not dilapidated and renter-occupied units.

(b) The standard error of the vacancy rate for all renter units was 0.21 percent in 1996 and 0.19 percent in 1999.

Table of Tables
Table 1	Table 8
Table 2	Table 9
Table 3	Table 10
Table 4	Table 11
Table 5	Table 12
Table 6	Table 13
Table 7	Table 14

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