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Community Preservation Corporation announces partnership with Xenolith Partners LLC to invest in affordable housing...
The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) announced today it is committing up to $3 million to Xenolith Partners LLC (Xenolith), a certified minority- and women-owned...
Where rents still rise
A report on the 2017 national rental market, released by RENTCafe shows that rent increases in large cities (with a population of 600,000 or...
The missing middle
When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end. -...
Private vs. public property rights
Controlling housing rental rates is a classic example of the erosion of private property rights. Traditional rent controls specify a maximum rent that property...
California’s answer to its housing crisis
With high demand on top of inadequate supply, the meaning of “affordable” in the most desirable locations can be difficult to gauge. According to...
Pump up the volume
Apartment completions in the 150 largest U.S. metros spiked at 395,775 units in 2017, a volume that beats the 2016 level by a significant...
To top it off
Developers are working overtime to squeeze outdoor amenities into their new apartment buildings, even in urban neighborhoods where the only place to put an...
Why shuttered hospitals are hot property
Then she heard the rumors that the old Linda Vista Community Hospital building was haunted. “I was a little scared,” said Monroy, 60. But she...
Uptown living, downtown budget
“I would say it’s the most social building I’ve ever seen,” said Daniel Ellch, a tenant. That’s by design: The developer, Property Markets Group...
New York’s self-inflicted housing crunch
But there’s also the anxiety from New York’s crazy-quilt pattern of land use regulation, which a New York Times editorial recently labeled “High-Rise Anxiety.”...
The war on fake reviews
They were writing or commissioning fake online reviews, or "astroturfing," as it's sometimes called. A sting operation codenamed Operation Clean Turf involved creating a...
Composting: coming to an apartment near you
The building on West 57th Street in Manhattan is part of a pilot program in which residents separate food scraps from the rest of...
Big deal in the Big Apple
The city has taken its first step toward what may be a wave of new development on Halletts Point peninsula, a long-neglected area south...
A-list rents
Let's admit it. One of the guilty—though largely unspoken—pleasures of living in NYC is going about our daily business in close proximity to some...
Engineering brilliance
Ten23 owners told the architects they wanted apartments that were filled with natural daylight, and common terraces filled with trees and lawns, to create...
