YIMBY News for 9/11

[Eric Budd]

Why 15 million vacant homes won’t solve the housing crisis

Vox - Policy

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KEYWORD SCORE: 49.83. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, condo, downtown, house, housing, housing cost, housing crisis, housing stock, project, rent, renter, supply

[image: A workman stands atop the roof of the vacant home, which sits next to the Malaney’s home on 43rd Street in Baltimore, Maryland.] In places like Baltimore, addressing abandoned homes is essential for the cities’ futures. | Jed Kirschbaum/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The United States is wrestling with a massive housing shortage — with more than 4 million housing units needed to meet demand. The lack of affordable housing has caused record-high rent burdens and soaring homelessness. More than 770,000 people were officially counted as homeless last year, the highest

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Can Zohran Mamdani Really Freeze NYC’s Rent?

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 29.33. apartment, housing, housing stock, market-rate, planning commission, rent, rent-control, renter, urban

Mayoral Candidate and New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani speaks at a joint press conference with New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander. (Photo by Melissa Bender / NurPhoto via AP) *This story was originally published by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning.* He’s said it over and over again on the campaign trail, a consistent drumbeat of a promise: If elected mayor of New York City, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani will freeze your rent. “I’m running for mayor to freeze the rent for every rent-stabilized tenant,” he said in a

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