Whitney Tilson wants to speed up development and make it easier for small landlords to evict non-paying tenants

… to do it Brick Underground caught up with Whitney Tilson last month to talk about how hed tackle housing if he were … Assembly member  Michael Blake Tilson criticized the 2019 rent reforms and said that hed work with real estate … but it just went too far Nobody really knows but somewhere between 50000 and 100000 apartments right now are vacant and …

By Celia Young |March 31, 2025 - 9:30AM
Scott Stringer wants to build ‘Mitchell-Lama 2.0’ and buy up deteriorating NYC buildings for housing

… by the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity plan As the race heats up Brick Underground is interviewing the candidates … housing if he were to become NYCs next mayor  Editors note Brick Underground is interviewing the 2025 New York … MitchellLama buildings which offer affordable coops and rental units  His campaign for mayor follows an unsuccessful …

By Celia Young |March 10, 2025 - 3:45PM
State of the state: Hochul’s multi-prong approach to tackling New York's housing crisis

… took another stab at an agenda to grow New Yorks supply of affordable housing in her state of the state address … a strain on residents budgets  The obscenely high costs of rent and mortgages are caused by the unconscionable shortage … income discrimination … Hochul also outlined a plan to help renters who use housing vouchers facing discrimination by …

By Celia Young |January 10, 2024 - 10:30AM
NYC launches program to help developers finance new affordable rental developments

A new program aims to increase affordable housing … qualify for the program a projects affordable units must be rentstabilized for at least 30 years Rents need to be set at a level affordable to a New Yorker …

By Celia Young |January 8, 2024 - 11:00AM
How to dig up intel on a NYC condo developer before you commit to buying

… the developers name will be obvious because its used as a selling point for the building It may also be in the …

By Emily Myers |January 26, 2023 - 3:30PM