October 2, 2023
How to Fake-Own the New Yorker Hotel
New York magazine’s Curbed interviewed me for their explainer, How to Fake-Own the New Yorker Hotel. It reads: The story of how a guy named Mickey Barreto came to own, at least on paper, the New Yorker hotel is a … Continue reading
October 2, 2023 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
July 14, 2023
Housing Supply and The Housing Crisis
Opportunity Now interviewed me about how limited housing construction impacts the housing crisis: Dynamic metropolitan areas like the Bay Area, LA, and New York City suffer from longstanding mismatches between the supply of housing and demand for it. Local communities … Continue reading
July 14, 2023 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
January 27, 2023
Biden’s “Bill of Rights” for Renters
I was interviewed for a CBS in Austin (and other local Sinclair affiliates) news story, Biden Administration Proposes ‘Bill of Rights’ to Protect Renters in Tight Housing Market. The text of the story opens, Data shows that more than … Continue reading
January 27, 2023 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
September 26, 2022
How Fintech Cos. May Transform Real Estate Investment
I published How Fintech Cos. May Transform Real Estate Investment along with Joseph Bizub and Justin Peralta in Law360. It opens, Until relatively recently, real estate with a small footprint — one-to-four-family … Continue reading
September 26, 2022 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
April 27, 2022
Sharing Your Home with Strangers
Debra Bechtel, Crystal Liu, Ernira Mehmetaj, and I have just posted Sharing Your Home with Strangers: Common-Interest Ownership and Financing Options to SSRN (as well as to bepress). The abstract reads, As the affordable housing crisis in the U.S. escalates, … Continue reading
April 27, 2022 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
April 5, 2021
Rent Regulation from NY to NZ
I was interviewed by Indira Stewart on the TVNZ Breakfast show, the biggest morning news show in New Zealand, about New York City’s system of rent regulation (I serve as the Chair of the NYC Rent Guidelines Board). You can … Continue reading
April 5, 2021 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
February 19, 2019
Luxury Rental Turned Into College Dorm
Realtor.com quoted me in ‘Help! My Luxury Rental Was Turned Into a College Dorm’. It opens, Finally! After years of scraping by in cramped apartments in sketchy neighborhoods, you’ve made it—into a luxury rental with a doorman, concierge service, gym, bike room, … Continue reading
February 19, 2019 in Rental Housing | Permalink | 1 Comment