Roshan Abraham
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Housing in Brief: Local Good Cause Shut Down In New York State
Also, a federal bill to ban source of income discrimination. → Read More
Housing In Brief: Detroit May Initiate a Land Value Tax
Plus, a look at how Good Cause is faring in New York. → Read More
Housing In Brief: L.A. Proposes Right To Counsel For Eviction Hearings
Los Angeles is also ordering a study of city-owned vacant buildings. → Read More
Housing In Brief: NYC’s Rent Stabilization Laws Withstand A Legal Challenge
Two landlord groups that filed the lawsuit hope to take it to the Supreme Court. → Read More
Housing In Brief: Philadelphia Expands Right To Counsel
Also, NYC migrants are protesting a move to barracks-style shelter. → Read More
Housing In Brief: Biden Unveils New Measures To Protect Tenants And Desegregate Housing
Most of Biden’s announced protections are baby steps toward larger policy goals, not the bold plan advocated hoped for. → Read More
Housing In Brief: Will L.A. Protect Tenants After The Eviction Moratorium?
L.A.'s eviction moratorium could end this month, but new tenant protections are in limbo. → Read More
Housing In Brief: Renters See Victories Against Private Equity
In Minneapolis and Manhattan, tenant organizing has won regulation that can transform residents’ lives. → Read More
Housing In Brief: Missouri Bans Camping On State Property
It’s part of a wave of anti-homeless legislation pushed by Cicero Institute. → Read More
Housing In Brief: Alameda County Bans Criminal Background Checks For Prospective Tenants
Judges pause homeless sweeps in Phoenix and San Francisco. → Read More
Housing In Brief: Biden Plans to Cut Homelessness By 25%
What will the new omnibus spending bill mean for housing? → Read More
Housing In Brief: L.A.’s New Mayor Declares Homelessness A State Of Emergency
Also, Eric Adams unveils plan to boost housing construction in New York City. → Read More
Housing In Brief: Eric Adams’ Flawed Plan For Mental Illness
Plus, investor ownership of homes in New Jersey is spiking. → Read More
Housing In Brief: Newsom Agrees To Fund Local Governments’ Homeless Services
Tenant advocates head to the White House, and more. → Read More
In Portland’s Self-Governed Dignity Village, The Unhoused Make Their Own Rules
Leaders of the 20-year-old self-run community, sanctioned by the city of Portland, say it’s reached stability. The city’s aggressive new camping ban could throw that into disarray. → Read More
Housing In Brief: Kingston, New York Has Passed A Historic Rent Reduction
In Los Angeles, a “mansion tax” to fund affordable housing passes. → Read More
Housing In Brief: $50 Million Housing Bond Approved In Kansas City
In other midterms news, Colorado approves $290 million a year for housing. → Read More
Housing In Brief: Federal Report Decries Criminalization Of Homelessness
Also, San Diego is close to declaring housing a human right. → Read More
Gentrification Is Complicated. But It’s Not Inevitable.
In a Q&A on her new book “Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies," scholar Leslie Kern makes “a plea for people to keep in mind this range of power structures that play into gentrification.” → Read More
Housing In Brief: Portland & Sacramento Propose Citywide Camping Bans
Also, despite right to counsel, many NYC tenants face eviction without lawyers. → Read More