June 17, 2016
New Housing and Displacement
The Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley has issued a research brief, Housing Production, Filtering and Displacement: Untangling the Relationships. It opens, Debate over the relative importance of subsidized and market-rate housing production in alleviating the current housing crisis … Continue reading
June 17, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
May 10, 2016
Gentrification in NYC
The NYU Furman Center released its annual State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods (2015). This year’s report focused on gentrification: “Gentrification” has become the accepted term to describe neighborhoods that start off predominantly occupied by households of relatively low … Continue reading
May 10, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
March 29, 2016
Buying Into The Sexiest Real Estate
Newsmax quoted me in How to Buy and Sell in the Sexiest of Real Estate Markets. It opens, With the opening of the 7 subway station at 34th Street last year, more than 100 shops and 5,000 residences, the Hudson Yards neighborhood … Continue reading
March 29, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
February 26, 2016
Vacant Land in NYC
NYC Comptroller Stringer has released an Audit Report on the Development of City-Owned Vacant Lots by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Stringer has taken some cheap shots on Mayor DeBlasio’s housing plans before (here for … Continue reading
February 26, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
January 6, 2016
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
House Prices and Job Losses, Gabor Pinter, Bank of England Working Paper No. 569. The Dynamics of Adjustable-Rate Subprime Mortgage Default: A Structural Estimation, Hanming Fang, You Suk Kim & Wenli Li, PIER Working Paper No. 041. High and Low … Continue reading
January 6, 2016 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
December 29, 2015
Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning in NYC
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer issued an analysis of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and the East New York Rezoning. It opens, In an effort to address the City’s ongoing affordable housing crisis, the New York City Planning Commission is currently … Continue reading
December 29, 2015 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
December 28, 2015
What Makes NYC Crowded
NewsDocVoices quoted me in What Makes NYC Become More and More Crowded. It reads, in part, Yuqiao Cen, a graduate engineering student at NYU, makes sure to shower before 10pm every night, otherwise she is criticized for making too much noise in … Continue reading
December 28, 2015 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
