The six-person unit within the Department of Housing Preservation tasked with developing affordable housing is down to just one full-time employee (The City)
A 62-year-old man suing his 84-year-old mother for being a slumlord is just the tip of the iceberg for the Koeppels, a small real estate dynasty (Curbed)
Tenants and landlords are stuck waiting for promised funds from the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (The Real Deal)
NYC's homeless are still waiting for access to 1,500 city-funded apartments (New York Daily News)
How to rent everything to enjoy your summer—from boats to pools (Washington Post)
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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