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Housing Costs Do Not Create a Housing Crisis

“At the start of the First World War, food purchases consumed half of the average paycheck; today the figure is six percent.” So, today, housing, not food, is the largest component of consumer costs....

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Mayor de Blasio Hypocritically Touts Another Affordable Housing Development

Mayor de Blasio recently announced another “affordable” housing project that blatantly runs counter to housing policy directions he has strongly supported. The Mayor has consistently voiced his...

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What Housing Crisis?

So this is how lies become perceived as the truth: Through thousands of baseless and careless repetitions.

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New York Housing Crisis Overshadowed by California Emergency

It is no secret that affordable housing has become a hot topic in New York City and the centerpiece of many elected officials’ campaign platforms. In comparison, however; the housing crisis in...

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From RSA President Joseph Strasburg: Memo to New York City Council: Right to...

On the surface, guaranteeing the right to counsel in housing court appears to benefit tenants and affordable housing. But free legal representation for low-income New Yorkers facing eviction is more...

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The Inevitable Results of Rent Control

Rent control has become an unsuccessful measure to insure affordable housing in New York City, but nowhere near the catastrophic effect it has had on buildings and tenants in Mumbai. At an average of...

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California Housing Crisis Shows How Elected Officials Still Cannot Find a...

With all the talks of the lack of affordable housing in New York City, California’s housing woes far exceeds the crisis in our city. But just like in California, local politicians in New York City...

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Rent Control May Help a Few, But Does More Harm Than Good

If other studies have not proven in the past, this new study, targets all the points that RSA has made in the past: rent control ultimately hurts the housing supply. As the students in this study...

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Squeeze on Regulated Rents Puts Vital Housing Source at Risk

When the New York City Rent Guidelines Board voted on rent increases for 1 million rent-stabilized apartments in the five boroughs on June 26th, the nine-member panel had the opportunity – in Wall...

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Rent Regulations = Political Ploy

Once rent regulations are instituted, they quickly become a political football and promises and economic reality fall by the wayside!

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