New York City is asking New Yorkers to help shape its plan to build 100,000 new homes in Manhattan over the next decade. As part of the early stages of the “Manhattan Plan,” Mayor Eric Adams and the Department of City Planning (DCP) are seeking feedback through an online survey, a city website, and upcoming in-person events. Residents can weigh in on potential sites for residential development, zoning changes, and other ideas, all of which will help inform a final report expected later this year.
While Manhattan has long served as the city’s economic engine, housing production in the borough has declined as costs have soared to record highs. Since the 1970s, the borough’s share of the city’s new housing has dropped significantly.
Between 2021 and 2024, the borough produced fewer homes than every other borough except Staten Island. Meanwhile, rents have surged by 50 percent since 2010. For more and more New Yorkers, living in Manhattan is becoming out of reach.
Unveiled during Mayor Eric Adams’ 2025 State of the City address, the Manhattan Plan aims to address these issues by creating 100,000 new homes over the next decade through the review of zoning across the borough to unlock potential housing sites, using tools introduced in the mayor’s “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” plan.
A key piece of the initiative is the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan, expected to deliver roughly 10,000 of the proposed new homes. Approved by the City Planning Commission last week, the plan includes rezoning a 42-block stretch of the neighborhood to allow for 9,700 new homes in an area where housing was previously restricted.
The public engagement process, running through early fall, will combine in-person outreach across Manhattan neighborhoods with digital participation through a mobile-friendly, multilingual survey. The survey invites feedback on where new housing should be added, policies and ideas to encourage housing growth, and personal insights about why people live—or want to live—in Manhattan.
“Tackling our city’s housing crisis takes all of us, which is why we are kicking off the public engagement process for the ‘Manhattan Plan’ to hear directly from New Yorkers about where we can build more homes, how we can build more homes, and what we can do to help more families live in Manhattan,” Adams said.
“We’ll use new tools from our landmark ‘City of Yes’ initiative, city-owned sites, and input from New Yorkers to reach this ambitious goal, build more homes, and make our city the best place to raise a family.”
A regularly updated list of Manhattan Plan events can be found here.
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