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Rent

Record High Home Prices Are a Hidden Contributor to Soaring Inflation

Home prices are not included in the government's inflation index but they are fueling a surge in rents and other housing costs, which drives inflation.
By Sissi Cao
Netflix Tick Tick Boom

Netflix’s ‘Tick, Tick… Boom’ Is More Concerned With the Costs of Being an Artist

Netflix's 'Tick, Tick...Boom!' deliberately paints an unflattering picture of the creative process.
By Aidan Lane

Community Support Groups Step In to Mitigate the Looming Rent Crisis

Businesses have shut down to combat the coronavirus, leaving millions of Americans wondering how they'll pay rent on April 1.
By Andy Hirschfeld

Report: New Yorkers Spent An Extra $616M on Rent in 2016 Due to Airbnb

By Madina Toure
View of the skyline in the city of Seattle, Washington state on March 22, 2011. Seattle is the northernmost major city in the contiguous United States, and the largest city in the Pacific Northwest. The city is home to corporations such as Boeing, Starbucks and Microsoft. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON

Seattle Politicians Push Lowlife-Enabling Laws

By Selwyn Duke
Delays will be inevitable as Amtrak attempts to conduct years' worth of repairs into one summer. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Western Queens Pols: Amtrak Is Intimidating Homeowners With ‘Money Grab’ Scheme

By Madina Toure
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
Morning commuters wait to board a train in subway station in New York on May 11, 2016.

Afternoon Bulletin: F Train Riders Fight Islamophobia, $17M Gas Explosion Lawsuit

By Elissa Nunez
Housing can be a great investment, but usually it’s not.

The Lies, Cover-Ups and Half-Truths About Investing in Real Estate

By Ramit Sethi
A New York Police officer demarcates a crime scene in the Bronx.

The New York I Never Imagined—for Better, for Worse

By Jeff Greenfield
You'll never rap as well as these guys.

Digital Ticket Lotteries Are Broadway’s New Normal

By John Bonazzo
NEW YORK - APRIL 14: An interior view of a model condominium at the benefit for "Rosie's Broadway Kids," at the sales center for Platinum luxury condominiums April 14, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Out of Control on Rent Control

By The Editors
A closed retail store is viewed in Manhattan on April 9, 2015 in New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Afternoon Bulletin: Albany Negotiations Extended, Mom & Pop Shops Continue to Shutter

By Elizabeth Gurdus
With AFP Story by Brigitte DUSSEAU: US-Transport-Bicycle-Share-CitiBike A couple get their Citi Bike bicycles from a station near Union Square as the bike sharing system is launched May 27, 2013 in New York. About 330 stations in Manhattan and Brooklyn will have thousands of bicycles for rent. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Afternoon Bulletin: New CitiBikes? Already?

By James Constant
Lena Dunham from Girls.

Afternoon Bulletin: Lena Dunham Movin’ to the Hills, Citywide Rent Problems and More

By Ashley Chappo
338 East 6th Street has been under renovation since May 2013. (Google Maps)

East Village Resident Refuses to Leave Ransacked Building for the Sake of Cheap Rent

By Vanessa Haughton
The New York Palace Hotel: 455 Madison Ave

5 NYC Apartments That Rent for More Than $100,000 a Month

By Christopher Cameron
Mayor Bill de Blasio at the announcement of his affordable housing plan. (Photo: Ed Reed for NYC Mayor's Office)

Bill de Blasio Disappointed in Rent Guideline Board for Rent Hike Vote

By Jillian Jorgensen
Union Square Cafe at its current East 16th Street location. (Photo: Robyn Lee)

Danny Meyer’s Union Square Cafe to Close

By Matt Mullen
Eileen Hickey-Hulme's TriBeCa neighborhood. (specialoperarations/Flickr/Creative Commons)

TriBeCa “Hotel” Operator Endures Walk of Shame in Eviction Case

By Lauren Feiner
Jimmy M

Too Damn High? Brooklyn Homeowner Ordered to House Homeless Tenant for Free

By Alexandra Sternlicht
Bill de Blasio. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Bill de Blasio Is Actually Not Cool With Rent Increases

By Ross Barkan
Raising the (rent regs) roof. (rnguyen01/Flickr)

Rental Relief! Mayor Bloomberg Renews NYC Rent Regulation Law

By Kim Velsey
Fifty-five bucks to live here? Hot damn! (PropertyShark)

At $55 a Month, This May Be the Cheapest Apartment in New York, Let Alone Soho

By Michael Ewing
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