Few studies capture the brutality of NYC’s housing crisis better than this one: back in the day, countless working-class people benefited from New York’s wage premium. But, now, that same wage premium gets sucked into the black hole of our self-made housing shortage. Tragic.

A perfect illustration of how the progressive project is destined to fail unless blue states get their shit together on housing costs

Today, on a day in which a notorious landlord got inaugurated into the White House, we filed the largest housing discrimination complaint in Illinois history against 165 real estate entities for housing discrimination. This is just the beginning.

One of the many benefits of doing congestion pricing in a city that has one of the most expansive public transportation systems in the Western Hemisphere is that you are just going to end up with a lot of banal stories like this:

2. Buttoned up the second episode of a show I'm making with @aaronacarr.bsky.social – it's not directly related to Housing Rights, but it's also not *not* related to housing rights. Also forthcoming, tk tk and so on

One of the best pieces I’ve read on homelessness is by @aaronacarr.bsky.social. Mandatory reading for anyone planning to vote: www.noahpinion.blog/p/everything...

Everything you think you know about homelessness is wrong

A guest post by Aaron Carr.

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Back in 2020, our watchdog group investigated Kushner for filing fraudulent paperwork that allowed it to collect rent without meeting safety requirements, to which they responded by accusing us of “politically motivated harassment” (lol). Welp, the case was just granted class certification.

Kushner tenants could score years of free rent after class action win

Kushner Companies’ Charlie Kushner and 329-335 East 9th Street (Google Maps)The East Village tenants who took on Kushner Companies, claiming the landlord illegally collected rents while putting their ...

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lfg @aaronacarr.bsky.social

Today we are announcing a $15.9 million settlement with Blackstone in a rent fraud class action. This is one of the largest settlements in New York City rent stabilization history and just the tip of the iceberg of the rampant rent fraud problem plaguing New Yorkers. 1/

Blackstone Renters Said They Were Overcharged. Now They’re Getting $15 Million.

Dozens of New York City renters are receiving payoffs from Blackstone in a settlement of a case that accused the previous landlord of violating rent-stabilization rules.

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