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Turning hotels into affordable housing, a $30,000 Brooklyn townhouse rental, & more

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By Emily Myers  |
June 8, 2021 - 10:30AM
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State lawmakers are voting on a bill which could unlock $100 million to convert vacant hotels into affordable housing (City Limits)

Five landlords aiming to overturn the rent reforms implemented in 2019 take their appeal to federal court (Crain's New York)

The Federal Housing Finance Agency extends its eviction moratorium to September (GlobeSt.)

Someone agreed to rent a Brooklyn Heights townhouse for $30,000 a month, making it the borough's most expensive rental on record (The Real Deal)

The number of Manhattan townhouse deals reaches record levels (The Real Deal)

The argument for building more homes—and avoiding a housing bubble (Vox)

 

 

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Emily Myers

Senior Writer/Podcast Producer

Emily Myers is a real estate writer and podcast host. As the former host of the Brick Underground podcast, she earned four silver awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Emily studied journalism at the University of the Arts, London, earned an MA Honors degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and lived for a decade in California.

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