October 14, 2015
Neighborhood Change and Public Housing
The Effects of Neighborhood Change on NYCHA Residents, a report released to little notice in May, has received a lot of attention after the NY Daily News wrote a disparaging article about it. I will leave it to others to decide … Continue reading
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Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Pricing Residential Real Estate Derivatives, Mark Michael Richter. Local House Prices and Mental Health, Nayan Krishna Joshi, International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 2015. Why Did So Many Subprime Borrowers Default During the Crisis: Loose Credit or Plummeting … Continue reading
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October 9, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
The National Resource Network, NYU Wagner and the Urban Institute released a report, Striking a (Local) Grand Bargain, “that offers a new way for cities and anchor institutions to collaborate on projects.” Anchor institutions include universities, medical centers and hospitals. … Continue reading
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October 8, 2015
Severe Crowding in NYC
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has issued a report, Hidden Households, that shows that more than one in twelve NYC homes are crowded. The report opens, New York City is in the midst of a protracted housing emergency. The … Continue reading
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October 6, 2015
The Next Urban Renaissance
The Manhattan Institute has released an electronic book, The Next Urban Renaissance: How Public-Policy Innovation and Evaluation Can Improve Life in America’s Cities. Ingrid Gould Ellen, the Faculty Director of NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, has a chapter … Continue reading
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October 5, 2015
Reiss on the Right to Complain
Super Lawyers quoted me in Development’s Back, Baby! But Do Neighborhoods Rights Extend Beyond the Right to Complain? It reads, in part, The list of what can go wrong during construction is longer than Long Island, and some of the items on … Continue reading
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Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
New York federal judge dismisses suit against Bank of America Corp. over “hustle” high-speed mortgage approval process for allegedly defrauding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Midtown TDR Ventures LLC and Midtown GCT Ventures LLC, real estate developers that currently own … Continue reading
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