Does Multifamily Housing Lead to Overcrowded Schools?
#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) According to a recent study of communities across Long Island, New York, the idea that apartment complexes house more school-age children per unit than single-family homes is a myth. The Long Island Housing Partnership (LIHP), a not-for-profit affordable housing developer, commissioned the study to address communities’ concerns that multifamily housing leads to overcrowding in schools, putting an added strain on school districts’ wallets. These concerns have led residents to fear school tax increases, which in turn, according to Newsday, have led to the rejection of several high-density development proposals on Long Island. As Newsday points out, however, the study’s child-per-unit measure doesn’t account for the possibility that the total number of school-age children in a particular apartment co
