After reading the 2017 Housing Supply Report, I found some facts regarding overcrowding and housing permits to be particularly intriguing. The Report states that pre-war and post war stabilized housing were the most crowded with 15% of pre-war stabilized housing… Continue Reading →
The Rent Stabilization and Rent Control Facts plainly outlines what rent stabilization and rent control are and the rights of tenants in these rent-controlled apartments. Reading this fact sheet was very helpful in defining what rent control is, and I… Continue Reading →
In this reading, it was insightful to learn how the political atmosphere of World War I affected rent-control policies and housing policies. A common theme I noticed in reading about the post-war controls of World-War I and World War II was… Continue Reading →
Gentrification remains a pervasive issue that plagues many neighbourhoods throughout the city. As the New York Times article highlighted, it displaces minorities and low-income residents out of the neighbourhoods they grew up in. In the New York Times article, Carolyn… Continue Reading →
The topic of Rent-Control has always been a topic that has evaded me before reading these articles. What struck me, in particular, was the contrasting views that the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy presented and W. Dennis… Continue Reading →
Coates: Good Evening Mr. Williamson, I appreciate the time you took to meet with me this evening. I have read your reply to my work, and I would like to pick your brain on a few of your rebuttal points… Continue Reading →
The ProPublica article Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law detailed the various steps taken in creating effective and fair Housing Policy. I was alarmed at how difficult it was to establish non-discriminatory housing laws as a… Continue Reading →
The New York Times Article “Towers of Dreams: One Ended in Nightmare” explored the reasoning as to which the Pruit-Igoo housing complex failed while the Penn South housing complex thrives. On the news, it is apparent that public-housing has always been an… Continue Reading →
Both these articles detailed the cycle that public institutions endure in their respective cities of Detroit and New York. I have always heard that Detroit is currently a failing city, and I have never understood the cause of the city’s… Continue Reading →
Chapter 2 of Jane Jacobs The Death and Life of Great American Cities attributes sidewalks as the harbingers of the safety of a city, a connection that I have never considered before. I realized that this connection is alive and well in New… Continue Reading →
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