In hopes of achieving the American Dream, many emigrate from all over the world and from states in the United States to NYC. The city's population increases every year, now, 1.7 million live below the poverty line. In turn, the city’s poor struggle financially to survive and provide shelter for themselves. The city's dense populations create a great demand and supply shortage for housing. In NYC, sixty-four percent of the residents are renters, and many owners rent for high prices. The landlords for low-income residents are slumlords: overcrowded rent homes with unsanitary living conditions.