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housing
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June 16, 2015
Airbnb and the Rising Cost of Rent
How much is Airbnb affecting the housing market in cities where rent is on the rise?
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April 27, 2015
Discrimination Without Clear Intent
Is it fair to say that a harmful impact is enough to prove that discrimination exists? Can segregation be fought without having …
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February 19, 2015
Homes for the Homeless
Is giving homeless people homes more effective and sensible than making them stay in shelters or on the street?
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February 10, 2015
Does Helping Condo Developers Hurt the City?
Have tax breaks, zoning and other policies that have fueled condo development unfairly benefited the rich at the expense of other residents?
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December 25, 2014
Adulthood, Delayed or Forgone?
Are young people being smart by delaying the rituals of adult life, or are they being irresponsible?
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November 19, 2014
Cashing In on a Mortgage
Should refinancing come with greater restrictions to protect home buyers?
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July 15, 2014
Why Not Rent the American Dream?
Should housing policy be more balanced, supporting rental housing and homeownership on a more equal footing?
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October 16, 2013
Housing That’s Not a Luxury
What programs could increase the amount of affordable homes in New York and elsewhere?
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September 2, 2013
How to Make New York City More Livable
Electricity, flooding, waste management, housing, rezoning, development. Where should the next mayor of New York start?
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June 20, 2013
When the Government Is in the Mortgage Business
Does it make sense to encourage homeownership, through entities like Fannie and Freddie and through tax policies?
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January 25, 2012
A Better Way to Fix the Housing Market?
Obama announced a refinancing program to help struggling borrowers. But there are other promising ideas.
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October 26, 2011
Destroying Houses to Save Cities
Are banks helping or hurting a community by bulldozing foreclosed property?
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July 11, 2011
Hanging On to Houses
The program to give mortgage relief to struggling homeowners has failed. How can it be fixed in way that's fair to owners …
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June 2, 2011
Double Dip? Not in Washington D.C.
The economic gap is widening between the D.C. area, with its robust housing and job markets, and the rest of America. What's …
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April 14, 2011
China’s Scary Housing Bubble
What will happen if China's overheated real estate market goes bust?
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March 7, 2011
Should Fannie and Freddie Go?
What are the consequences to ending all government support in the mortgage market?
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September 7, 2010
Redefining What ‘Home’ Means
McMansions may rise again, but will the housing depression change how we live?
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August 25, 2010
Does the Recovery Depend on Housing?
The plunge in sales of new homes spreads gloom, but its impact on the economy is to be determined.
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January 10, 2010
A Nation of Hunkered-Down Homebodies
Why are Americans becoming less nomadic?
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