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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...
Rules that make dishwashers, wash machines perform worse also illegal
Plaintiffs argue that the Department of Energy has no legal authority to impose its own water use limits on energy-consuming home appliances. The federal regulations...
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...
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...
Multifamily faces antitrust litigation
With national elections around the corner, some of the nation’s largest apartment companies are facing antitrust litigation over usage of a product that has...
Clearing roadblocks to affordability
It’s no secret that the U.S. has a dearth of affordable rental options for the nation’s most vulnerable households. This scarcity of housing makes...
5 cases to watch in Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term
The Supreme Court will resume hearing cases in October. Here are five upcoming cases that the high court will hear: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v....
Apartment properties decarbonize or face fines
In a growing number of places, apartment properties are likely to have to reduce the carbon they contribute to the atmosphere. Cities, towns and entire...
L.A. reports 50,000 unpaid rent notices
Nearly 50,000 eviction notices were filed between February and August in Los Angeles, according to City Controller Kenneth Mejia, chief accounting officer for the...
When data talks back: Using AI to talk with your database
Early adopters in multihousing and other industries are using AI to have daily conversations with their databases to mine business insights—freeing them up from...
U.S. Supreme Court declines rent case
The U.S. Supreme Court in October announced that it will not weigh in on two cases challenging rent control and eviction laws in New...
Automation key to a cost-effective, sustainable multifamily unit
Property managers are being caught between a rock and hard place as the cost-of-living crisis continues to affect the housing market. Residents are facing financial...
New lithium discovery highlights why we never run out of resources
A new discovery of lithium in September led to a flurry of headlines touting the finding as one of the biggest lithium deposits in...
Understanding the ring-around-the-rosy rental inflation game
Offer a definitive explanation of the Ring Around the Rosie nursery rhyme and children’s game—whether as a reference to the Black Plague or teenagers...
Credit card rewards on the block
Once a year, late in February, my wife’s face brightens as she thumbs through our mail. “We got our Costco rewards check,” she beams. It’s...
