June 11, 2015
Renting in America’s Largest Cities
Following up on an earlier graphic they produced, the NYU Furman Center and Capital One have issued a report, Renting in America’s Largest Cities. The Executive Summary reads, This study includes the central cities of the 11 largest metropolitan areas in the … Continue reading
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June 9, 2015
Rapidly Rising Rents
The Community Service Society has released its Fast Analysis of the 2014 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey which “analyzed just-released U.S. Census Bureau data from the 2014 version of its New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey, a survey of … Continue reading
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June 8, 2015
Housing, Out of Reach
The National Low Income Housing Coalition has released Out of Reach 2015: Low Wages & HIgh Rents Lock Renters Out. The Introduction reads, Since its founding in 1974 by federal housing policy expert, Cushing Dolbeare, NLIHC has used data to … Continue reading
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June 5, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
United States Government Accountability Office releases report: “Collateral Requirements Discourage Some Community Development Financial Institutions from Seeking Membership”. The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released its Out of Reach 2015 report, in which it asserts that low wages and … Continue reading
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May 29, 2015
Facts and Myths About Rent Regulation
Few topics are more fraught in NYC than rent regulation and stances about it are typically set by where people are financially and ideologically. It is always useful when someone tries to add some good old-fashioned facts to the debate in order to … Continue reading
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May 22, 2015
Airbn-Beffudled
MainStreet quoted me in Is Airbnb Making It Impossible For You To Rent That Dream Apartment?. It opens, The accusation is blunt: Airbnb, say some, is sucking up apartment units that otherwise would be available to renters. In San Francisco, that claim … Continue reading
May 22, 2015 in Renting | Permalink | No Comments
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
HUD released “Effect of QAP Incentives on the Location of LIHTC Properties” which examined the patterns of Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) developments. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) releases its report on the status of the Community Development Capital … Continue reading
May 22, 2015 in Renting | Permalink | No Comments
