"I see racism in the market": Brokers get candid on race in a new study

… where real estate brokers have offices how they steer home buyers overtly and otherwise based on the racial makeup of … interviewed explicitly acknowledged keeping AfricanAmerican buyers from seeing certain apartments but he like others … that brokers share less information with prospective home buyers who are black Along those lines one broker …

By Nathan Tempey |October 16, 2017 - 12:00PM
Is gentrification on a fast track toward "killing" cities?

… into Park Slope they were supported by the Brooklyn Gas Company which renovated a townhouse itself to attract people …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 15, 2017 - 1:59PM
Why does infrastructure lag so far behind gentrification?

… near my apartment but nowhere to pick up a prescription or buy fresh fruit In many cases the reason for the disparity …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 30, 2016 - 10:07AM
Redlining: How one racist, Depression-era policy still shapes New York real estate

… sparking conversations of how this exclusionary housing policy still affects cities today  In 2014 writer TaNehisi Coates dissected the housing policy in his essay for the Atlantic   The Case for … Because there were so few green areas in New York City the policy prompted a migration of white New Yorkers to the …

By Emily Nonko |December 29, 2016 - 9:36AM
Talking gentrification, and why "New York City is a real estate story," with the director of HBO's "Class Divide"

… Square Garden We were all Knicks fans and wed just walk and buy tickets from scalpers when we could … How did you end up … how the area was changing A group of us got together to buy the building when it turned coop … Ah so you are an OG … …

By Kelly Kreth |October 31, 2016 - 9:59AM