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Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Elusive in NYC

Rent voucher “lifeline” is virtual dead end

Of 600,000 applicants, just 318 have cashed in

Rent Control Drama in Washington Heights

Who’s the exploiter? A rent-control drama in Washington Heights

Tenant paid rent for years in name of dead roommate, but lawyer calls landlord the bad guy

Real Estate Columnist Responds to Liberal Label

Engquist’s truth revealed: Closet liberal or industry stooge?

To be credible on real estate policies, choose facts over ideology

Can City Solve Housing Crisis and Keep Vacancy Under 5%? No

Candidates pledge to raise vacancy rate, but they’re hiding something

Landlord group slams Democrats’ 4% solution to the housing crisis

NYS Senate, Assembly Make Hochul’s Bad Housing Plan Worse

Three hacks in a room: How Albany is messing up real estate

Senate, Assembly make bad Hochul plan even worse

More than just talk: How NIMBY rhetoric fuels NYC’s housing crisis

More than just talk: How NIMBY rhetoric fuels NYC’s housing crisis

Stop framing new housing as a “burden” — it’s a benefit

The bold and the bureaucratic: Lander plan has 2 surprises

The bold and the bureaucratic: Lander plan has 2 surprises

Housing plan taps public golf courses, random New Yorkers

NYC To Cut Red Tape To Speed Up Development

The NYC panel that could change everything

Commission gives voters rare chance to cut red tape in review process

Why the NYC Property Tax System Is So Confusing

How the city’s wacky property taxes confuse even fraudsters

Bewildering system resists reform, but industry’s not giving up

Trump, Adams, Cuomo Put NYC, Real Estate in Uncharted Waters

Here’s what real estate can expect from Cuomo, Adams

As Trump takes mayor off hook, the city enters uncharted waters

California’s Wildfire Response is Lesson for Housing Crisis

California’s wildfire response offers lesson for NYC’s housing crisis

It’s time for politicians to waive red tape rules to speed up construction

Breaking Down NYC Mayoral Candidate Mamdani’s Housing Plan

“Unmitigated disaster”: Socialist’s $100B housing plan

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani claims he can build union for $500K per unit

Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics in Real Estate

How “fair housing” activists manipulate data to block development

Lies, damn lies and real estate statistics

The Daily Dirt: Lander deletes a tweet, but damage is done

The Daily Dirt: Lander deletes a tweet, but damage is done

Comptroller spreads myth that new housing displaces the poor

New York’s First Good Cause Eviction Rent Increase

How “good cause eviction” is raising New Yorkers’ rents

Tenants may be paying more under a law meant to protect them

Lost decade: NYC’s horrible housing slump

Lost decade: NYC’s horrible housing slump

Generation of New Yorkers paying heavy price for production drop

The Daily Dirt: “Protecting” New Yorkers from…clean energy?

The Daily Dirt: “Protecting” New Yorkers from…clean energy?

Developer wins key ruling in battle to build solar farm

NYC’s Racial Equity Reports: Project Killers or Irrelevant?

Whatever happened to NYC’s racial impact studies?

Designed to kill apartment projects, “equity reports” now largely forgotten

A Suspicious Property Flip of a Midtown East Townhouse

The Daily Dirt: A most curious flip

Shaya Prager scored 33% more in 2 months

Behind the Revived Effort to Reform Scaffolding Law

Wealthy strategist goes after sidewalk shed scourge

Can Brad Tusk fix real estate’s $1 billion-a-year scaffolding problem?

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