LibGuides: Housing &amp; Art Studios: Home

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NYC has long been a place where artists come to not only dream, but to live and hopefully thrive. This guide will lay out some of the current opportunities and resources available to NYC Artists to help them make space to create.

Using the navigation tabs on the top left, you will find resources on the following topics:

Housing (Art Specific & General Affordable Housing)
Practice Spaces (Studio and Rehearsal Spaces & Art Residencies)
Financial Literacy for Artists
History of Artist's Spaces in NYC
Government Resources
Latest News via RSS feed on the subject
Other Guides for Artists: Jobs & Wellness

Book Recommendations

Urban warfare : housing under the empire of finance by Raquel Rolnik
Call Number: 307.336 R
ISBN: 9781788731621
Publication Date: 2019
The most comprehensive survey of the current crisis, Urban Warfare charts how the financial crisis and wider urban politics have left millions homeless and in financial desperation across the world.
The Affordable City by Shane Phillips
ISBN: 9781642831337
Publication Date: 2020-09-15
From Los Angeles to Boston and Chicago to Miami, US cities are struggling to address the twin crises of high housing costs and household instability. The Affordable City is an essential tool for professionals and advocates working to improve affordability and increase community resilience through local action.
Yes to the City by Max Holleran
ISBN: 9780691234717
Publication Date: 2022-07-05
The exorbitant costs of urban housing and the widening gap in income inequality are fueling a combative new movement in cities around the world. Yes to the City offers an in-depth look at the "Yes in My Backyard" (YIMBY) movement, Max Holleran explores how urban density, once maligned for its association with overpopulated slums, has become a rallying cry for millennial age activists locked out of housing markets and unable to pay high rents.
We Live Here by Jeffrey Wilson; Bambi Kramer
ISBN: 9781644212424
Publication Date: 2024-04-30
A graphic novel featuring uplifting stories of combatting-and beating-calls for their eviction in Detroit, showing how everyday people are fighting to stay in their homes, organizing with their communities, and winning.