Former President Donald J. Trump’s longtime banker at Deutsche Bank was pushed out of her job in December following an internal investigation that concluded that she did business with a […]
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Back to news homeWhat Giant Skeletons and Puppy Shortages Told Us About the 2020 Economy
America has Zoom towns.Many middle-class millennials who lingered on the housing market’s sidelines for years reported that the pandemic had hastened their buying plans. They have been lured by the […]
New York’s Real Climate Challenge: Fixing Its Aging Buildings
A plan to upgrade a cluster of nine unremarkable apartment buildings in Brooklyn typically would not merit a second look. But this isn’t a quick fix; the project, called Casa […]
Trump Signs Pandemic Relief Bill After Unemployment Aid Lapses
House Democrats plan on Monday to vote on legislation that would provide for $2,000 direct payments, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying Mr. Trump should “immediately call on congressional Republicans to […]
Falling Behind on Weekly Rent and Afraid of Being Evicted
Before the new Nevada moratorium was imposed, one weekly rental company — the Siegel Group — was especially prolific, filing 328 eviction actions in both Nevada and Arizona since the […]
Use It or Lose It: Tenant Aid Effort Nears a Federal Cutoff
Looking to expand aid, Mayor Jim Kenney announced in early March that the city would budget $50 million for a five-year program to assist low-income households. It would also run […]
Divvy Homes Says Rent-to-Own Deals Work. Next Year Will Be a Test.
With high eviction rates, substandard properties and shady legal practices, rent-to-own home businesses are one of the darkest corners of the real-estate world. Financially vulnerable people seeking a piece of […]
Despite Challenges, Opportunity Zones Provide Much-Needed Capital
Following a slow rollout of rules governing opportunity zones, a program Congress approved three years ago to encourage investment in low-income neighborhoods, developers have pumped billions of dollars into the […]
The Capital of Sprawl Gets a Radically Car-Free Neighborhood
Phoenix, that featureless and ever-spreading tundra of concrete, has been called “the world’s least sustainable city.” It has been characterized as a “sprawling, suburbanite wasteland” and “a monument to man’s […]
California Tax Revolt Faces a Retreat, 40 Years Later
OAKLAND, Calif. — In 1978, a Los Angeles businessman named Howard Jarvis led an insurgent campaign to pass Proposition 13, a ballot measure that limited California property taxes and inspired […]