Macaulay Seminar 4, IDH 4001H, Prof. Botein, Spring 2018

Category Class 12 (Mar 13)

Rent-Control and Pop Culture

While I was reading the Rent Stabilization Fact Brief, I could help but think how New Yorkers have become obsessed with a sector of housing that only takes up about 1.8% of the market, rent-controlled apartments. It is by far… Continue Reading →

Rent-Control

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 →

Opposing Views

Keating & Salins both provided an in depth analysis of rent control and the numerous controversies involved with it, from the point of view of both an owner and a tenant. A sentiment of owners that both readings exuded was… Continue Reading →

Time Horizon of Rent Regulation

The implications of rent regulations extended far past what I could have ever imagined. The current dilemma we as a city are facing is plummeting housing stock coupled with population growth. We are the only major American city to be… Continue Reading →

Rent Stabalization in NYC: Response to Fact Brief

The article I chose to focus this response on was “Rent Stabilization in New York City” from the Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy”. Reading through this, I felt as though the secret purpose of this brief article… Continue Reading →

Rent Regulated Apartments

By nature, one of the characteristics of rent regulated apartments is that they are scarcely available to the public. This stems from two factors: demand for them is naturally high (most people would prefer to pay a lower rent, if… Continue Reading →

It’s all about the Data

As I am interested in career as a future data analyst/data scientist, it was nice reading the Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy “Fact Brief: Rent Stabilization in New York City.” I’m a firm believer in looking at the… Continue Reading →

Rent Regulation

One thing I found most surprising is how abundant regulated rent is in NYC. According to the articles around 50% of rentals in the city are regulated in some form. I always thought regulated rental units were gotten through family… Continue Reading →

The Housing Market

New York City is one of the most popular cities in the world, having some of the most expensive housing in the state as well as housing millions of people. Living in such an industrious and lively city has made… Continue Reading →

Is Rent Control good in the long-term? — Response #8

I think that this week’s articles provide insightful thoughts on the topic of Rent Control. Keating’s article generally details the history of Rent Control, of federal involvement during periods of war, locality involvement during other periods, and the mixed sentiments… Continue Reading →

Rent Regulations

When I think about it, it is actually quite impressive that New York is able to contain and hold the number of people that it does. With the total number of housing units only increasing by a mere 450,000 in… Continue Reading →

Debate About Rent Regulation

The second generation of rent control policies has evolved into more complicated issues at hand than its predecessor. Whereas the first generation of rent control was spurred by wartime emergencies and ensure the interest of nation’s defensive capabilities, the present… Continue Reading →

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