Global News Aggregator
Don’t believe Gov. Hochul’s so-called replacement for the 421-a tax-abatement program will spur the creation of new homes the way its predecessor did. Two of its little-recognized provisions have already…
An Atlanta property owner says a group of squatters are hindering his efforts to build affordable housing on his nine-acre lot. David Morris said he’s struggling to remove the group…
New York’s Gov. Hochul was right for once when she turned to housing in her recent State of the State address. “The obscenely high costs of rent and mortgages are…
One of the worst consequences of New York’s insane housing regime is people like the broker who tried to charge a client an insane $15,000 fee for a downmarket, rent-controlled…
We’ll see more incidents like Monday’s partial collapse of a 47-unit Bronx building as progressives make it impossible for building owners to make ends meet. It’s everyone’s good fortune that…
I’ll start by jumping to the end of this story. This past August 31, shareholders at Cadman Towers, a city-supervised Mitchell-Lama (middle-income-affordable) co-op in Brooklyn, voted overwhelmingly to exit the…
Some will attribute Kristy Marmorato’s election as the first Republican to represent The Bronx in City Council in 40 years to selfish NIMBY-ism. And there is no doubt her opposition…
Oops: New York City’s been violating the federal Fair Housing Act, as well as its own Human Rights Law, for decades by absentmindedly promoting segregation in affordable housing. After eight…
In the run-up to her state budget proposal, Gov. Kathy Hochul promised “bold solutions” to tackle New York’s housing problem, only to present plans with major problems of their own.…
It’s hard to imagine making New York City’s housing market even worse, but the progressives in charge of the Legislature aim to do just that. The city has more public…