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Editor: David Reiss
Brooklyn Law School

June 12, 2017

Poverty in NYC

By David Reiss

NYU’s Furman Center has released its annual State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods along with a focus on Poverty in New York City. The State of the City report is always of great value but each year’s focus … Continue reading

May 25, 2017

NYC’s Housing Supply

By David Reiss

The New York City Rent Guidelines Board (of which I am a member) released its 2017 Housing Supply Report. It has a lot of interesting data for housing nerds as well as those of us obsessed with NYC. Here is a taste: There … Continue reading

March 21, 2017

The Economic Implications of the Housing Supply

By David Reiss

Ed Glaeser and Joe Gyourko posted The Economic Implications of the Housing Supply which is forthcoming in The Journal of Economic Perspectives. In it, they review the basic economics of housing supply and the functioning of U.S. housing markets to better … Continue reading

March 16, 2017

Trump, Homelessness and the General Welfare

By David Reiss

The Hill published my column, Trump’s Budget Proposal Is Bad News for Housing Across the Nation. It opens, The White House unveiled its much anticipated budget proposal today. It shows deep cuts to important agencies, including a more than $6 billion decrease in … Continue reading

March 9, 2017

The Gap in Affordable Homes

By David Reiss

The National Low Income Housing Coalition posted a report, The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes. The report opens, For the first time since the recession, U.S. household income increased significantly during 2015. Gains were seen even among the lowest … Continue reading

January 30, 2017

What Is at Stake with the FHA?

By David Reiss

The Hill published my column, The Future of American Home Ownership Under President Trump. It reads,  One of the Trump Administration’s first official actions was to reverse the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance premium cut that was announced in the … Continue reading

January 26, 2017

Housing Tomorrow’s Seniors

By David Reiss

Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies has issued a report, Projections & Implications for Housing a Growing Population: Older Households 2015-2035. The report opens, Over the next twenty years, the population aged 65 and over is expected to grow from … Continue reading