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Rent Control
May 24, 2024
Magazine
Charlie Dulik
Rent Control Now!
How Joe Biden can help fix the nation’s chronic housing problem—and win the 2024 election
October 6, 2023
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Could Eviscerate Rent Control
New York City landlords have petitioned the high court to repeal the laws that have benefited the city’s tenants for generations.
June 1, 2022
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
The Rent Is Too Damn High
Rents in New York City and around the country are at record levels. Is this forever?
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December 23, 2021
Esther Wang
The Return of Rent Control
As pandemic-era tenant protections end, cities are reconsidering rent control as a means to keeping people in their homes. St. Paul offers an example.
April 1, 2021
Marie Solis
The Eternal Quest for the Unicorn Apartment
Why we gawk at stories about rent-controlled apartments, and how the basics—a secure, affordable roof over one’s head—became the stuff of fantasy
March 30, 2020
Daniel Boguslaw
Rent Strike Nation
Interest in tenant activism has surged in the face of the coronavirus. Organizers are trying to seize the moment and build a movement.
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