The rents in Manhattan are soaring.

Today's average rent in Manhattan is more than $5,300. This is in part because we’re dramatically lagging other boroughs when it comes to creating new housing.

It's time that we build more housing and tackle the skyrocketing rents:

• Create 100,000 new homes to offer many more opportunities to live in the greatest place on Earth. 

• Generate a borough-wide housing plan that proactively identifies sites where deep and meaningful affordable housing is achievable.

• Build new Mitchell-Lama middle class housing on public land.

• Use appointment powers to ensure that affordable housing is a priority.

• End harmful policies that prevent new housing from being built.