Rent Control

Invictus Kicks Off New Campaign for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Linda Milazzo | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles


Linda Milazzo

Los Angeles gets a bad rap. It's assailed for being shallow and rarely acknowledged for its good heart. But Los Angeles has a huge heart - at the center of which is pulsating non-stop activism.

Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village Real Estate Deal May Flop; Tishman Speyer Properties, BlackRock Realty Advisors Paid $5.4 Billion In Record Sale

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — It was the most expensive real estate deal in U.S. history. Now it's poised to become one of the biggest flops. At the height of the...

Landlords With Tax-Breaks Can't Charge Luxury Rates: Court Ruling

nydailynews.com | Larry Mcshane | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York


In a ruling that could affect 350,000 city tenants, the state's top court said Thursday that landlords getting tax breaks can't charge luxury rates fo...

California Tenants Have No Friends in Governor's Race

Paul Hogarth | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics


Paul Hogarth

Last Friday at 5:00 p.m. (which he's apt to do when releasing bad news), San Francisco Mayor Newsom vetoed three pro-tenant ordinances designed to help renters facing hard times.

Landlords Lobbying To Raise Stabilized Rents

nytimes.com | MANNY FERNANDEZ | Posted 07.24.2009 | New York


When the board that regulates rents for New York City's rent-stabilized apartments met to vote on increases last year, tenants more than outnumbered l...

Obama Rejected Illinois Rent Control Ban

Paul Hogarth | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


Paul Hogarth

Anyone who follows Obama's record in the State Senate understands his background -- where his vote against a rent control ban in Illinois was just one example.