Half a million older private renters 'invisible' in housing policy
Older people in private rented accommodation are “invisible” in policy decisions on housing and age-related issues. That is despite older private renters being more likely to report cold and damp in...
View ArticleCSS Report Uses New Data to Assess Renter Housing Insecurity across NYCs...
A new Community Service Society (CSS) report highlights rising housing insecurity among renters, with more and more New Yorkers pushed “closer to the edge” of eviction and homelessness. Insecurity...
View ArticleHistory can help re-frame Californias current rent control debate
The latest ‘Why History Matters’ discussion invited community leaders to discuss Proposition 10, which is on the ballot Nov.read more
View ArticleGovernor Cuomo Announces New Online Tool to Help Tenants in Rent Regulated...
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of NYS Rent Connect, a new online service that modernizes and simplifies New Yorkers' interaction with the rent regulation system. NYS Rent Connect...
View ArticleOregonian: No relief for most Oregon tenants under rent control law, Portland...
Few renters will get any benefit from Oregon’s first-of-its-kind rent control law in the next few years, a Portland State University report says.read more
View ArticleThe Hill: California lawmakers havent learned their lesson on rent control
Economist Thomas Sowell once quipped, “The first lesson of economics is scarcity” and “the first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” With California’s recent flirtation...
View ArticleState, Community, and Labor Leaders Call for Passage of Statewide Tenant...
NYC Public Advocate and Buffalo-Area Leaders Call on the State Legislature to Pass All Nine Rent Bills.read more
View ArticleThe Rent Is Too Damn Low
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the grandly titled “The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019” into law last week. Its extensive amendments to the earlier law passed with lopsided...
View ArticleTestimony: Strengthening Rent Control in Jersey City
Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the issue of rent control in Jersey City. I am a housing policy analyst with The Community Service Society of New York (CSS), a 175-year-old non-profit...
View ArticleBrooklyn Tenants Sue Landlords for Over $2 Million in Rent Overcharges,...
January 9, 2020, BROOKLYN, NY – Today, 22 rent-stabilized tenants living in 1074 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights announced they are suing Iris Holdings Group and Rubin Dukler for an estimated $2...
View ArticleThe Folly Of Bernie Sanders National Rent Control Proposal
Assuming the current CPI for Urban Consumers is the inflation measure used, that would mean a rent increase cap today of just 3.4 percent.read more
View ArticleThe case for a rent holiday for businesses on the coronavirus economic frontline
As the public health response to supress the COVID-19 virus ramps up, so to does the economic fallout. Shutdowns and enforced spatial distancing are necessary to try to prevent hospital intensive care...
View ArticleFrom Lockdown to Locked Out: Coronavirus and the Looming Crisis in Rental...
Protesters calling for rent payments to be canceled amid the outbreak of COVID-19, in Washington, D.C., April 25, 2020.read more
View ArticleWhy We Need to Address Affordable Housing Needs Now Amid COVID-19
But since the pandemic broke out, with so many hourly wage earners out of work, affordable housing may be even harder to find, according to Andrew Warren, TD Senior Vice President in Commercial Real...
View ArticleCIH Scotland responds to the Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill
The Local Government and Communities Committee has called for evidence on the Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill which aims to increase affordability and create a better balance of power between landlords and...
View ArticleInaccessibility in For-Sale Housing Pushes Up Demand for Single-Family Rentals
U.S. single-family rent growth increased 5.3% in April 2021, the fastest increase since May 2006, according to the CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI) . The index slowed in 2020, but even when...
View ArticleStrong Economic Growth and Fierce Competition in For-Sale Housing Pushes Up...
Rent growth of detached properties reached 9.2% in May, while rent growth for attached properties was 3.6%.read more
View ArticleNearly half of L.A. tenants owe back rent
In a new survey of Los Angeles County renters, 49% of households reported that they were unable to pay all of their rent during the pandemic.read more
View ArticlePreference for Detached Properties Pushes Single-Family Rents Higher
U.S. single-family rent growth increased 7.5% in June 2021, the fastest year-over-year increase since at least January 2005 [1] , according to the CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI). The index...
View ArticleThe Role of Rent in Inflation Measurement
The inflation statistics this summer have captured headlines. Economic policy mavens often look at a price index excluding food and energy, referred to as the core price index, which tends to be more...
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