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New Housing Initiative: Tiny Apartments
If tiny apartments are so desirable, why doesn’t New York City revive single room occupancy (SRO) uses? – Jack Freund, Executive Vice President, Rent Stabilization Association (Views and opinions...
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Over Objections by the City Administration, NYC City Council Set to Make...
NYC Council Passes Contentious Law By Donna Kimura Affordable housing developers in New York City face a controversial new law that calls for the extensive reporting of wages and other data for...
View ArticleTiny Apartment Winner Announced—In a Race to the Bottom?
New York City recently announced a winner in its competition to build “tiny” apartments. The winner will build 55 apartment as small as 250 square feet on City provided land with additional subsidies....
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Why Your Rent’s Too High
Posted: February 11, 2013 If there were one lesson our mayoral aspirants would do well to learn, it’s this: The reason basics in New York are so much more expensive than they should be — e.g., rent,...
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Mayor Defends Increased Fines and Penalties as Revenue Raisers
Property owners have long believed that many City fines and penalties (Sanitation summonses, in particular) were issued with the City’s budget needs in mind more than public safety concerns. Now, we...
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Report: New Mayor Should Stop Re-Housing the Homeless
Report: New Mayor Should Stop Re-Housing the Homeless Some mayoral candidates want to restore programs that place homeless families in regular housing. But one think-tank believes those programs drive...
View ArticleLess Regulation to Produce More Housing
What’s the best way to increase the amount of affordable housing in New York City. The New York Times digital edition recently featured a collection of proposals that address this issue. Most of the...
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