Virginia K. Smith

Just because your landlord is breaking the law doesn't mean they'll get in trouble for it (or that your heat will get fixed fast).

Is an $800/month room in a luxury Williamsburg rental worth living with this Craiglist monster? Up to you (Brokelyn)

Yes, you can ban your friend's dog from your apartment (Apartment Therapy)

Add one more item to the checklist of problems that can plague short-term renters (or their hosts): hidden, semi-legal surveillance cameras. Take, for example, the story of Marcella Reilly, who crashed on the couch of a former coworker after relocating from New York to L.A., only to realize her host had secretly installed a Dropcam on the living room bookshelf, covering up the camera's light with a piece of dark tape. Yikes.

The importance of institutional memory, or why you should be nice to your co-op board's older members (Habitat Magazine)

The dog breed you should adopt, by Brooklyn neighborhood (NYO)

The right way to do a frame-free "boho bed" (Refinery 29)