The bulldozer has long been a symbol of mass displacement for public housing residents in the United States. Today, the bulldozer may now hold the symbolic power for a whole new swath of the U.S. population – homeowners hard hit by the foreclosure crisis. In the wake of decades of speculative investing, over-leveraging and financial [...]
Continue Reading →In San Francisco, a city with a strong tourist industry, there is a troubling trend emerging of converting rent controlled apartments to vacation rentals. This practice is illegal according to the city’s rent-control laws, but the problem has become widespread as several San Francisco neighborhoods were found to have more second home rentals available than [...]
Continue Reading →The residents of the St. Nicholas Houses, a public housing development in Harlem, have joined together to fight for their right to a real participatory process regarding decisions that impact their homes, neighborhood, and quality of life. This week, ninety-two tenants filed a lawsuit against the developers of a new $100 million charter school to [...]
Continue Reading →The New York State legislature reached a deal this week on new rent laws to replace the legislation that expired on June 15. The major problem being addressed is landlords’ ability to remove their properties from regulation and raise rents to market-rate by renovating apartments as soon as tenants move out and claiming they have [...]
Continue Reading →In the following article, Bronx Council Member, Annabel Palma, shows her support for the city-wide Vacant Property Count Picture the Homeless is conducting this month. Palma states that the vacant buildings offer a perfect opportunity to increase the amount of affordable housing in New York City, while also providing a real opportunity to get homeless [...]
Continue Reading →There has been a recent slowdown in the rate of foreclosures, with the biggest monthly decline in five years occurring during the month of November. The number of people in mortgage default has not decreased; however, lenders are either not beginning foreclosure proceedings on properties or not ending foreclosure proceedings by auctioning the property. In [...]
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