Do these Queens arts districts 
 rank among most affordable? 
 BY MARK HALLUM 
 A  real  estate  organization  
 is  calling  into  question  the  
 affordability  of  cultural  districts  
 after  they  found  that  residents  of  
 arts  districts  pay  176  percent  more  
 on  average  than  people  who  live  in  
 other  parts  of  their  city  —  making  
 arts  districts  largely  unaffordable  
 for artists themselves. 
 But the rent-to-income ratio for  
 creative types on a budget is relatively  
 sweeter in two sections of Queens,  
 ranking among the top districts in the  
 nation for affordability in relation to  
 the income of the average artist, Yardi  
 Matrix claimed in its sister publication  
 RentCafe. 
 The Kaufman Arts District in  
 Astoria and Downtown Jamaica will  
 both  cost  an  artist  making  $81,510  
 per  year  less  than  30  percent  of  their  
 income  with  the  former  falling  into  
 place at 29 percent and the latter taking  
 about 27 percent of an artist’s income. 
 The  data  compiled  from  U.S.  
 Department  of  Labor  statistics  
 pertains  to  those  living  in  apartment  
 complexes  with  more  than  50  units  
 within a half-mile radius of the center  
 of an art district. 
 But  the wider  scope  of  the  study  
 found  that  if an artist  is  living  in a  
 cultural district, they may be paying  
 an  average  of  around  $382  more  
 on  a  monthly  basis  than  any  other  
 part of the city where they could be  
 living,  a  176 percent  increase above  
 normal rates. 
 Yardi  Matrix  claims  that  art  
 districts have become so popular over  
 the years that they in fact have grown  
 too expensive for artists themselves,  
 with  Houston’s  Museum  District  
 making up one of the most prominent  
 examples  of  this  at  176  percent  of  the  
 citywide average and Seattle’s Capitol  
 Hill  arts  district  costing  the  least  
 amount at only a 2 percent rent-toincome  
 ratio. 
 According  to  the  Department  of  
 Housing and Urban Development,  
 a household that qualifies at “rentburdened” 
  is one which sends over  
 30  percent  of  income  to  the  landlord,  
 making most cultural districts no  
 country for starving artists. 
   
 Reach  reporter  Mark  Hallum  by  
 e-mail at mhallum@schnepsmedia.com  
 or by phone at (718) 260–4564. 
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