November 17, 2015
Housing Affordability in NYC
The Citizens Budget Commission has released Whose Burden Is It Anyway? Housing Affordability in New York City by Household Characteristics. The CBC produced some interesting and counterintuitive policy briefs last year, in which it examined housing affordability across large U.S. cities … Continue reading
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November 16, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
Following SCOTUS’s March Omnicare decision, a pension fund is claiming that the Second Circuit failed to take into account said decision in failing to revive Bank of America mortgage suit. The plaintiff requests SCOTUS’s review. U.S. District Court judge dismisses … Continue reading
November 16, 2015 in Renting | Permalink | No Comments
November 4, 2015
Home and Marriage
TheStreet.com quoted me in First-Time Homebuyers Often Wait to Buy House After Marriage. It reads, in part, The number of people purchasing their first home, especially Millennials, could be impacted negatively by shifting demographics as the median age for marriage is rising. … Continue reading
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Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
2015 Trying Times: Important Lessons to Be Learned from Recent Federal Tax Cases, Nancy A. McLaughlin & Stephen J. Small, Presented at Land Trust Alliance Rally 2015, Sacramento, CA, Friday October 9, 2015. Do People Shape Cities, or Do Cities … Continue reading
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October 27, 2015
Primer on NYC Affordability Crisis
Enterprise has released a report, 2015 New York City Housing Security Profile and Affordability Housing Gap Analysis. Its conclusions are not shocking, but they are sobering: Of 2 million renter households in New York City, nearly 640,000 are low-income and … Continue reading
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October 23, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
The National Housing Conference released its 2015 “Paycheck to Paycheck” report, which reports how the gap between housing and wages has increased. The National Bureau of Economic Research released a working paper, Housing Booms and Busts, Labor Market Opportunities, and … Continue reading
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October 15, 2015
Millennials, Paycheck to Paycheck
The National Housing Conference and the Center for Housing Policy issued a report, Paycheck to Paycheck: A Snapshot of Housing Affordability for Millennial Workers. The report opens, Public perception of millennials tends to paint a picture of highly educated hipsters … Continue reading
October 15, 2015 in Renting | Permalink | No Comments
