Alanna Schubach
Contributing writer
Contributing editor Alanna Schubach has over a decade of experience as a New York City-based freelance journalist. She has written about real estate for Brick Underground, Mansion Global, and Barron's. She has also contributed features, essays, and op-eds to The Nation, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Village Voice. She won a National Association of Real Estate Editors’ silver award in 2018 for her Ask an Expert column for Brick Underground. She is also a fiction writer and a creative writing teacher, and currently lives in Brooklyn.
Posts by Alanna Schubach:
Ask Sam: Is a landlord allowed to 'warehouse' vacant apartments?
December 18, 2019 - 10:00 AM
Warehousing apartments refers to when landlords deliberately keep apartments in their buildings empty. It is not illegal except under specific circumstances during a condo conversion.
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Can I get my new wife's name on my co-op title by refinancing the mortgage?
December 16, 2019 - 10:00 AM
"In order to change the title on the co-op, you would first want to reach out to the building or management company to see what, if any, requirements they may have, says Brittney Baldwin, vice president of National Cooperative Bank.
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Do I need renter's insurance if I'm subletting a condo?
December 9, 2019 - 10:00 AM
You need your own policy.
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Can my landlord keep our security deposit because we put up an illegal wall?
December 2, 2019 - 10:00 AM
Taking down the wall can end up costing even more than your security deposit.
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Ask Sam: Our gas was shut off. How can we get it back on—and get a discount on our rent?
November 27, 2019 - 09:00 AM
Team up with your neighbors to hire an attorney and put pressure on your landlord to act.
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There's mold in the ceiling of a co-op apartment. Does the building or the shareholder file an insurance claim?
November 25, 2019 - 09:00 AM
Typically, a building deals with issues like mold in common areas, while shareholders are liable for mold remediation within their own units. But because the mold in this case is in the ceiling between two apartments, you need to take a different course of action.
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