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Release Us From Rent Regulation

May 9, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Curbed: Rent-Stabilzation War: Tenants Strike BackNew York Times: Questions of Rent Tactics by Private Equity Rent-regulated apartments account for 57 percent of the total in the Bronx, 42 percent of the apartments in Brooklyn, 59 percent in Manhattan, 43 percent in Queens and 15 percent of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: rent control Tagged With: apartments, gentrification, housing, new york times, nyc, rent control, rent stabilization, rent-regulated

LA’s New Housing Rules Band-aid the Symptoms, Exacerbate the Problem

May 7, 2008 By Adam Hengels

LA Times: Los Angeles limits 'mansionization,' downtown hotel conversionsReason: In Soviet Los Angeles, Housing Affordables You!LA's City Council voted unanimously to treat the symptoms of the City's gentrification problem by restricting property owner's right to improve their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing Tagged With: affordable housing, gentrification, LA

“Change” Not Welcome in Harlem: Neighbors Cause Commotion as Harlem Rezoning Passes

May 1, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Limousine Liberals aren't the only ones who oppose change. In Harlem, neighbors fought to keep new people out of their neighborhood, and want to force gentrification upon other neighborhoods. In the process they created such a stir at Wednesday's Council session, they had to be cleared out.It's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: zoning Tagged With: 125th street rezoning, gentrification, Harlem, neighborhood, NIMBY, nyc, rezoning, zoning

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