Jennifer White Karp
Managing Editor
Jennifer steers Brick Underground’s editorial coverage of New York City residential real estate and writes articles on market trends and strategies for buyers, sellers, and renters. Jennifer’s 15-year career in New York City real estate journalism includes stints as a writer and editor at The Real Deal and its spinoff publication, Luxury Listings NYC. A longtime Brooklynite who has sworn off basement apartments, she graduated from Wesleyan University and has an MFA in nonfiction writing from the New School.
Posts by Jennifer White Karp:
No heat in your NYC apartment or radiator too hot? Here's what you can do
October 1, 2024 - 09:30 AM
Here's what to do if you don't have heat in your NYC rental apartment, or if the heat is on but you're still cold, or if your radiators are blasting out too much heat.
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By intervening early, a new program aims to help prevent eviction for NYC tenants
September 30, 2024 - 12:30 PM
Home 4 Good works with NYC tenants who are behind on their rent, connecting them to short-term emergency rental assistance like the city’s One Shot Deal, longer-term housing subsidy programs CityFHEPS and Section 8.
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City of Maybe: Does Mayor Adams’s indictment imperil his ambitious housing plan?
September 27, 2024 - 15:45 PM
How will Mayor Eric Adams’ growing legal troubles impact his centerpiece housing proposal, City of Yes? Some critics say the mayor weakened politically and not in a position to lobby the City Council.
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4 sublets, 3 months, 2 kids: A Park Slope mom's adventures in short-term rentals
September 26, 2024 - 16:00 PM
A Park Slope family with two young children lived in four different sublets after being flooded out of their apartment.
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Condos in the burbs? For some buyers, the suburban dream is not a house
September 23, 2024 - 14:30 PM
For first-time buyers heading to the burbs around NYC, buying a condo instead of a house is a less expensive way to live the suburban lifestyle.
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I’m a retiree with $360,000 in my IRA. Why won’t rental agents call me back?
September 16, 2024 - 10:00 AM
A retiree with $360,000 in her IRA account wants to know why it is so hard to land a rental apartment in NYC. Getting a lease guarantor may be the solution, our experts say.
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