March 19, 2015
Tax Expenditure Wars: Wealthy Households v. Poor
Henry Rose has posted How Federal Tax Expenditures That Support Housing Contribute to Economic Inequality to SSRN. This short article examines “how federal income tax laws benefit more affluent owner households but provide no benefits to economically-strapped renter households.” (1) Housing … Continue reading
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March 18, 2015
Reiss on Foreign Buyers in NYC
MainStreet.com quoted me in Foreign Buyers Driving Up Rental Prices Impacts New York Residents. The story opens, Emir Bahadir, a native of Turkey, purchased two apartments in Manhattan for the purpose of renting them out. The 24-year-old paid a total of … Continue reading
March 18, 2015 in Renting | Permalink | No Comments
March 11, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Countercyclical Regulation and Its Challenges, by Patricia A. McCoy, Boston College Law School Legal Research Paper No. 351. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Developments and Neighborhood Property Conditions, Kelly D. Edmiston, February 20, 2015. First Principles for Regulating the Sharing Economy, … Continue reading
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March 5, 2015
Housing and Vacancies in NYC
New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has released its initial findings of its 2014 Housing and Vacancy Survey. There are some interesting findings about the housing stock, particularly for those of us who follow the NYC … Continue reading
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March 4, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
American Dream in Flux: The Endangered Right to Lease a Home, by Andrea J. Boyack, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2014. A Guide to New York State Commercial Landlord-Tenant Law and Procedure, by Gerald … Continue reading
March 4, 2015 in Renting | Permalink | No Comments
March 2, 2015
Airbnb and Profiteering
A NYC Housing Court judge issued a Decision/Order in 42nd and 10th Associates LLC v. Ikezi (No. 85736/2014 Feb. 17, 2015) that resulted in the eviction of a rent stabilized tenant who had rented his apartment through Airbnb at a … Continue reading
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February 25, 2015
Housing Policy and Justice
John Infranca has posted Housing Resource Bundles:Distributive Justice and Federal Low-Income Housing Policy to SSRN. The abstract reads, Only one in four eligible households receives some form of rental assistance from the federal government. Nonetheless, there is no time limit … Continue reading
February 25, 2015 in Renting | Permalink | No Comments
