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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

McKee's Media - June 30, 2021






ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT ADVOCATES:

(excerpted from Michael McKee's email)


Robert Barnes: U.S. Supreme Court votes 5-4 to leave CDC moratorium on evictions in place (Washington Post)

Scott Wilson: California allocates $5.2 billion to pay overdue rent for low-income residents, $6 billion to convert obsolete properties into housing for homeless Californians (Washington Post) [Compare this to the $2 billion for NY tenants.]

Sara Maslin Nir: There are jobs in the Hamptons. If only workers could afford the rent (New York Times)

David Brand: De Blasio moving thousands of homeless New Yorkers out of hotels back into congregate shelters (City Limits)

Bill Heltsel: Westchester tenants sue state housing agency over swimming pool order for reduction in services (Westchester-Fairfield Business Journal)

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Thought-Provoking Articles


The Geography of Rent Regulation and Legislative Districts by Tom Waters, Community Service Society of New York, October 2014

Reinventing the Mitchell-Lama Housing Program Tom Waters and Victor Bach, Community Service Society of New York, April 2015

Debating Privatization: Southbridge Tower Votes, by Chris Chawaldo, the Architectural League’s Urban Omnibus, The Culture of City Making, Sept. 17, 2014

Let’s Slam the Door on 80/20 Neighborhoods by Moses Gates, Association of Neighborhood & Housing Development

The Case for a Rent Rollback by Kenny Schaeffer, Met Council on Housing

The RGB and Small Landlords by Tom Waters of the Community Service Society

How NYC Can Solve Its Affordable Housing Crisis by Steve Wishnia, the Gothamist.

What New Yorkers Want from the New Mayor: An Affordable Place to Live by Thomas J. Waters, Victor Bach, published by the Community Service Society.

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