Saturday, December 14, 2024

Property management

Why Johnny can’t build

Why Johnny can’t build

We were once a nation of builders—from the toll roads and canals of the early nineteenth century and the railroads of the second half of that busy century, to the construction of power, energy,...
One of the pivotal court decisions behind the expansion of the administrative state was the 1984 ruling in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council.

Lawyers take big government to the Supreme Court

“We all get to vote, but the ability to make legislation is no longer in the hands of the people we elect,” Columbia law professor Philip Hamburger said. As the administrative state implements more regulations...
Rent control still the wrong solution to housing woes

Rent control still the wrong solution to housing woes

Restricting the price of housing kills incentives to supply places to live. Rent control is having something of a moment: In Los Angeles, tenants are invoking a law that imposes limits on apartments built on...

INFOGRAPHIC: Appliance payoff models explode

^58 percent increase in requested quotes to thousands of appliance repair businesses y/y (2022-2023) ^43 percent increase in appliance spend in 2023 compared to 2013—rising from $390 to $558 over the decade Why? 1987. Home appliances...
National rent control didn’t pan out, so in order to crack down on “big landlords who break antitrust laws by price-fixing and driving up rents,” the Biden administration’s latest scheme is to enlist the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission as antitrust enforcers. Such irony would be funny if this didn’t undermine the homes that the nation so desperately needs.

Monopolies, elections and power, oh my

Technology is engineered toward empowering individuals, not government. Therein lies the problem. From the Gutenberg press to automobiles to a networked world enabling people to work remotely, history’s greatest innovations—in some way great or small—liberate...
With its high turnover rate and steady demand, the student housing market remains a lucrative niche within the real estate industry.

7 student housing property management strategies

With its high turnover rate and steady demand, the student housing market remains a lucrative niche within the real estate industry. Student housing properties come in various on and off-campus forms, including dormitories, apartments, and...
The report made a case for more employment programs and apprenticeships and expanding access to community college. “Targeting structural barriers that impact young adults—such as mental health, discrimination, the criminal justice system and lack of access to child care and transportation— could improve employment outcomes."

Increasing numbers of Gen Z have no income

An increasing number of young adults ages 18-24 are not working and have no income, according to a recent study. The research by the St. Louis Federal Reserve’s Institute for Economic Equity, which this...
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