Politicians offering bizarre comments about housing, a major company shifting its headquarters out of California and a radioactive contaminated school for sale. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of July 29-Aug. 2....
New York City Mayor Eric Adams accused opponents of new affordable housing developments of advocating a new era of “Jim Crowism.” According to a Gothamist report, the city produced more than 14,700 new apartments with rents capped for low- and middle-income tenants...
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is reopening the wait list for Section 8 housing applications for the first time in nearly 15 years. According to WABC News, applications for NYCHA’s Housing Choice Voucher program will be open starting at midnight on...
John Ketcham is a fellow and director of cities at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. This article is adapted from written testimony submitted today before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance hearing “Restoring Prosperity...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: It would be kind to say that Eric Adams’ tenure as mayor of New York City has been something of a mess. Indeed, Adams’ failings since becoming mayor in January 2022 have been so severe that even President Biden didn’t want to be seen with him last...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
