The New York real estate market is reeling today over a package of impending market reforms. Per the New York Times, the reforms, which strive to change numerous existing rent control and tenant protection laws, would impact upwards of one million rental apartments in...
In 1933 Roosevelt’s New Deal created housing programs designed to remedy a housing shortage. These programs created exclusively white suburban communities, excluding people of color and pushing them to urban housing projects. This segregation was worsened in...
As a highly active and iconic market, New York is one of the strongest and busiest real estate locations in the country; this is no secret, given its many alluring characteristics to tenants and property owners alike. Still, however, the market’s reputation has not...
With a national housing shortage causing both home and rental prices to shoot through the roof, it should be no surprise that homelessness is also on the rise. In many cases, even people who are employed full-time can’t afford rent, or find housing in the same...
When people hear of the Bronx, they think of a “rough” borough of New York. Yes, it was entrenched in urban blight in the 1970s, but the Bronx has come a long way. Since 2010, the borough has experienced a steady climb in housing costs and development. In the past...
