An investigation has accused former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen of pushing out rent stabilized tenants in New York apartments. TheĀ Housing Rights Initiative (HRI) reports that Cohen faked documents so it would appear that no one lived in his buildings in order to get construction permits. The construction was used toā¦
In cities like San Francisco, where housing crises rage, a new movement of rich and upper middle class liberals has risen. YIMBYs, which stands for Yes In My Backyard, adhere to a pro-building, pro-developer philosophy that alleges that if we just build more housingāeven if that housing is almost entirely expensiveā¦
Documents obtained by Foreign Policy and the nonprofit crisis journalism website Coda Story show that the Trump administration knowingly lied about poverty statistics in their rebuttal to a UN Human Rights Council report on poverty in America earlier this year.
A new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition confirms something that anyone who lives in a city and is not a millionaire should know intuitivelyāthere is no affordable housing.
Hong Kong, like many major cities across the world, has a severe housing shortage, and a lack of buildable land. Hong Kong also has some big ass expensive golf courses. This is how great ideas are born!!!
On a recent spring evening, a group of mothers at D.C. General Family Homeless Shelter were enjoying the weather, chatting outside near the buildingās entrance. Two young boys whizzed past on scooters, colorful lights flashing. Across the street on the playground, kids shrieked, playing catch and chasing each otherā¦
You like Airbnb? Sure, sure, great. Would you like Airbnb as much if you knew that its mere existence was costing you, personally, an extra thousand bucks a year in rent?
Yesterday, the New York Post published a story about a longstanding habit of certain members of our legislature: Sleeping in the office. Paul Ryan does it for the convenience. Some refuse to rent in Washington because they want to rise above the corruption of the āswamp.ā (Or, more likely, because DC is a truly awfulā¦
For many Americans, the rent is already too damn high, and skyrocketing housing costs are all the more devastating for low-income families. A 2016 report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition found that a person working full-time and earning the minimum wage cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment in any state,ā¦
Much of the state of California is in the midst of a housing crisis. The reason for that housing crisis is simple: there is not enough housing. But given a golden opportunity to change the law to allow the construction of much more housing, the state lost its nerve.
How fucked up is the American housing market, one of the biggest drivers of inequality? In many cities, the financial reward for owning a home is even bigger than the reward for having a job.
The New York City Housing Authority oversees 176,000 apartments in our city, making it the nationās largest public housing authority. It needs to spend so much money on repairs. So much money. The number is very big.
Ben Carson attempted to clarify on Thursday that he actually likes his housing departmentās mission statement and he definitely doesnāt want to take out language affirming its dedication to fighting discrimination, as was previously reported.
During the 2016 presidential election, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine touted his experience as a former civil rights attorney and, in particular, his experience representing people of color who faced housing discrimination. Now, Kaineāalong with 11 of his Democratic colleagues in the Senateāis supporting a financialā¦
Trey Gowdy, the Republican Chairman of the House Oversight Committee and Government Reform Committee, sent Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson a letter Wednesday afternoon requesting all materials pertinent to the [drumroll please] redecoration of his office.
Ben Carsonāthe esteemed neurosurgeon turned failed Republican presidential candidate turned secretary of Housing and Urban Developmentādoesnāt want people living in public housing to be too comfortable. His own office is a different story.
Glenn Thrush, the star New York Times White House reporter who was suspended from his job over sexual harassment, is returning to work after a two month suspension. But now heās on a new beatācovering the social safety net, with an emphasis on the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Health and Humanā¦
The rent is too damn high. Itās hard to find a good place to live. Why? Because they donāt exist!
As if the people of Puerto Rico havenāt been through enough recently. In the wake of devastation brought by Hurricane Maria last September, many islanders are now bracing for another pending crisisāforeclosuresāaccording to a report in The New York Times.
Before the 2008 economic recession hit, Prince Georgeās County was one of the wealthiest majority-black counties in America. After the U.S. housing market went into a death spiral, the Maryland county became one of the areas hit hardest by the subprime lending crisis. Between 2012 and 2013, P.G. County saw a 50ā¦
