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Letitia James giving a speech.

Roomster Sued by Attorney General Letitia James and Federal Trade Commission for Alleged $27 Million Scam

The apartment listings service Roomster and its company executives were hit with a lawsuit from the FTC and six states over fraudulent listings and reviews.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
A new tract of single-family homes near Menifee, California.

Biden’s Housing Plan Sounds Good in Theory But Needs Lots of Help If It’s Going to Work

Biden's housing plan is "aspirational," and will need lots of help if it's going to help solve the nation's affordable housing crisis.
By Linda Carroll

Post-‘Bachelorette’ Fame Apparently Now Includes Short-Term Rentals

Young Americans can't afford homes, but they can afford weekend stays in shipping containers which were renovated by TV stars.
By Helen Holmes
California's Homeless Crisis

How California’s Homeless Crisis Grew Obscenely Out of Control

By Chris Roberts
Omarosa Manigault-Newman dominated cable news coverage this month.

TV News Covered Omarosa for 34 Hours Last Week—This Major Story Got Just 23 Seconds

By John Bonazzo

Pro-Cynthia Nixon Community Groups Defend Work From Purported Threats by Cuomo

By Madina Toure

Law Requiring Fire Sprinklers in NYC High-Rises May Return—Against Trump’s Wishes

By Madina Toure

NJ Politics Digest: More Bad News for the State’s Homeowners

By Steve Cronin

The Future of Housing Is Here and It Will Be 3D Printed—on Earth and Mars

By Caleb Kaiser
A homeless man in the skid row section of Los Angeles, California.

California Is a Shining Example of Democrats’ Economic Ineptitude

By Peter Ferrara
Lynne Patton, vice president of the Eric Trump Foundation, at the Republican National Convention.

Lynne Patton: Mainstream Media Has ‘Declared War on Minority Conservatives’

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio stands in front of a residential construction site while unveiling his affordable housing plan on May 5, 2014 in Brooklyn. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

NYC Sets Affordable Housing Record with 24,500 Homes Financed in 2017

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio stands with Public Advocate Letitia James and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams while unveiling his affordable housing plan in Brooklyn in May 2014.

Newly Re-Elected de Blasio Rolls Out Affordable Housing Plan

By Madina Toure
Flanked by elected officials and advocates, Mayor Bill de Blasio unveils his affordable housing plan at a press conference in May 2014.

De Blasio to Meet Affordable Housing Goal Two Years Early

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiling his long-awaited homeless plan at a press conference in February.

De Blasio and Cuomo Spar Over Homeless People on the Subway

By Madina Toure
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities leaders following a meeting.

Council Members Seek Greater Language Access in Large Housing Developments

By Madina Toure
A man exhales smoke whilst smoking a cigarette on World No Tobacco Day.

New York City Law Will Hike the Price of Cigarettes to $13 a Pack

By Madina Toure
Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio.

‘Big Talk, Very Little Action’—De Blasio Not Sold on Cuomo’s Plan for Brooklyn

By Madina Toure
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Mayor Bill de Blasio announce a budget agreement.

NYC Council Members Worry Trump Could Jeopardize Taxpayer-Subsidized Lawyers for the Poor

By Madina Toure
Airbnb says it wants to cooperate with New York State.

Airbnb: We Will Work With New York to Protect Affordable Housing

By Josh Meltzer
The Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town apartment complex is seen from Waterside Plaza October 19, 2006 in New York City.

End the NIMBY Veto of Affordable Housing

By The Editors
Sorry, we’re full!

Why I’m Resigning From the Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission

By Kate Vershov Downing
Welcome to housing court in New York City, where lady justice is blind

I AirBnbed My New York Apartment, and Now I’m Losing the Home I Owned

By Bill Dawes
Eric Fischer has uncovered decades of data on SF housing prices.

A Guy Just Transcribed 30 Years of For-Rent Ads

By Michael Andersen
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