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ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT ADVOCATES: RENT REGULATION DOESN'T MAKE HOUSING CRISIS WORSE. Shelterforce: Does rent control make the housing crisis worse? No. Do all economists hate rent control? No. City Limits: Presidential candidates have different plans to address the national housing crisis PEOPLE v. BIG DEVELOPMENT Stefanos Chen: The people vs. big development: a growing number of neighborhood groups have thwarted or stalled real estate development (New York Times) TAX THE RICH! New York Post: New poll shows more than 90 percent of New York State residents favor taxing the rich to boost state budget Amanda Fries: Poll: New Yorkers favor taxing ultra-rich (Albany Times Union) Denis Slattery: State Senate Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris to join progressive advocates in calling for taxing billionaires to expand social programs (Daily News) Jimmy Vielkind: Progressives push Albany to tax the rich to plug budget hole, fund social programs (Wall Street Journal) GOOD CAUSE EVICTIONGeorgia Kromrei: Bill to prohibit evictions without good cause amended, advances in Albany (The Real Deal) The Real Deal: De Blasio calls for "universal renter protections" but would allow much higher rent increases than the good cause eviction bill MAYOR'S HOMELESS PLAN AND NYCHA Kathryn Brenzel: De Blasio acknowledges that his affordable housing plan is not enough to address NYC housing crisis, calls for commercial rent control (The Real Deal) Michael Gartland: De Blasio's homeless, housing goals likely dead on arrival following 2021 mayoral election (Daily News) Greg Smith: As de Blasio moves to put more public housing developments under private management via RAD, tenants lose protections under mold court settlement (The City) Rachel Holliday Smith: What is RAD? (The City) Michael Gartland: NYC to pay $74 million to buy 224 cluster site apartments (Daily News) J-51 New York Post: More than 70 class action lawsuits by Housing Rights Initiative on illegal J-51 deregulation could return $200 million to tenants BROKERS FEES Daily News: New York State says tenants cannot be charged brokers fees when renting an apartment unless the tenant hires the broker Gothamist: Brokers fees that are not based on an arm's-length contract are now illegal. Here's how to claw yours back Matthew Haag: REBNY sues NYS to overturn ban on brokers' fees (New York Times) E. B. Solomont: REBNY wins Temporary Restraining Order to halt state guidelines on brokers' fees from going into effect (The Real Deal) New York Post: Real estate industry reeling after ruling on brokers' fees Eddie Small: Tenant advocates celebrate prohibition on brokers' fees (The Real Deal) Denis Slattery: Landlords vow to fight rule blocking them from passing on broker fee to prospective tenants (Daily News) Gothamist: Despite state ban, brokers still seek hefty fees from NYC tenants New York Times: Renters jubilant over brokers' fee rule, but real estate agents are reeling Emily Myers: Not all rental broker fees are now illegal (Brick Underground) Will Bredderman: Assembly member Michael Blake accused of abusing affordable-housing program while serving on Mitchell-Lama fraud task force (Crain's) Nikita Stewart: Home health care aide wins right to succeed to rent-controlled apartment in Bay Ridge (New York Times) Copyright © 2020 TenantsPAC, All rights reserved.