Nearly 700,000 rent-stabilized homes need a $4.65 billion bailout
Send us Fan Mail With expenses far outpacing rents, urgent policy reforms are needed to avoid widespread default in distressed affordable housing. We examine new reports from NYHC and NYAA. Kenny als...
16 Des 202511min
The evidence for rent-stabilized housing distress is now overwhelming
Send us Fan Mail The latest NYU Furman Center report provides a data-rich picture of New York’s rent-stabilized housing woes. Plus, residential insurance costs are one of the biggest reasons affordabl...
2 Des 202512min
Nonprofit affordable housing providers are sounding the alarm.
Send us Fan Mail Two new reports show rents aren’t covering operating costs in stabilized buildings and project it will cost billions to save them. Plus, the insurance-cost crisis has finally captured...
4 Nov 202511min
Election preview: housing on the ballot & Mamdani’s “Plan B”
Send us Fan Mail Leading mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has yet to take a stand on ballot questions 2, 3, and 4 — and he’s hinted that his $10 billion campaign platform might require a new funding m...
21 Okt 20256min
The masses are starting to catch on to the fact that thousands of rent-stabilized buildings are under water
Send us Fan Mail Older, fully-stabilized buildings with capped revenues are in a death spiral. Plus, we analyze the FARE Act’s impacts with the help of a new report from Open Igloo. This is your New ...
30 Sep 20259min
A brutal ballot fight ends with a victory for housing — and democracy.
Send us Fan Mail Plus, owners aren't holding apartments off the market because they want to, they're doing it because they can't afford not to. And there are only two things certain in life: Death, an...
17 Sep 202511min
Housing is back on the ballot this November
Send us Fan Mail Plus, Kenny explains the sudden boom in 99-unit apartment buildings, why housing court policy drives up rents, and whether rent freezes are even constitutional. (It depends.) This is ...
4 Sep 202510min
