Remove Rents are rising everywhere: with continued supply-demand mismatch, shouldn't renter protections be universal
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No more housing filtration? (at least in big cities)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I thought from the University of Chicago sociologists in the 1920s, but it actually was first posited in the UK. The Toronto Star reports (" Curse of the renter: In some neighbourhoods, not owning a home now costs more than owning one ") that renters there are paying more for housing than housing owners in some parts of the city.

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Two words: vacancy tax | NYC: More than 60,000 Rent-Stabilized Apartments Are Now Vacant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The City news website in NYC reports that " More than 60,000 Rent-Stabilized Apartments Are Now Vacant — and Tenant Advocates Say Landlords Are Holding Them for ‘Ransom’. The City news website in NYC reports that " More than 60,000 Rent-Stabilized Apartments Are Now Vacant — and Tenant Advocates Say Landlords Are Holding Them for ‘Ransom’.

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