Housing bias settlement, legalizing basement units, & more

By Emily Myers | August 31, 2022 - 10:30AM

Three Long Island real estate brokerages accused of illegal housing discrimination and exposed by Newsday will pay a $115,000 settlement (abc7)

A year after deadly basement flooding from Hurricane Ida, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander proposes a plan to legalize basement apartments (City Limits)

Rents in the U.S. hit new records with Manhattan soaring past $4,000 in August (Bloomberg)

A two-and-a-half-story Tribeca townhouse in Manhattan has a link to the Underground Railroad (The New York Times)

A closer look at the defunct 421a tax program—which encouraged developers to build affordable housing—and what could replace it (City and State)

An affordable housing lottery launches for 43 apartments at 1840 Jerome Ave., Morris Heights, the Bronx (YIMBY)

Emily Myers

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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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