Topeka will pay you $15K to move there
The capital of Kansas is willing to pay peope a whopping $15,000 to move there.
Proposed lawsuit targets NYCHA for leaving residents without heat or hot water
A proposed class action lawsuit would target NYCHA on behalf of any tenant that lost heat or hot water for any period of time during the winter of 2017-18.
Proposed class-action suit would target NYCHA on behalf of tenants without heat/hot water
Attorneys from the Legal Aid Society made arguments to file a class action lawsuit for any NYCHA resident that experienced a heat and/or hot water outage during the winter of 2017-18.
Rappelling architects inspect skyscrapers from the outside
Amy Deluca and Elyse Marks are building envelope specialists. That means they hang from the city's many skyscrapers, completing mandatory local law inspections looking for building deficiencies.
Official: Cruise ship could house 1,000 homeless in Oakland
A San Francisco Bay Area city official wants to explore the possibility of using a cruise ship to house up to 1,000 homeless people amid a high cost of living and a shortage of housing.
Green grades coming for large buildings in New York | Climate and Consequence
Large commercial and residential buildings in New York City will begin posting letter grades indicating how green they are.
New York's 'fallout shelter' signs remain relics of history
Many buildings in New York still have those yellow fallout shelter placards visible. But these are actually historical relics and not indicative of any actual shelter or supplies on site.
Families evacuated from dilapidated building in Newark
Forty-seven families have been evacuated from a dilapidated apartment building in Newark’s South Ward, just before Thanksgiving.
NYC tracking ‘zombie homes’
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development has created a special team to track down so-called “zombie homes."
New York City tracking 'zombie homes'
New York City's Department of Housing Preservation and Development is trying to track "zombie homes" throughout the city.
No heat, hot water top issues facing NYCHA tenants
NYCHA tenants spoke face to face with various housing authority officials about having to live without heat or hot water, among other concerns at a town hall in the East Village on Wednesday.
Thousands of NYCHA residents complain of no heat, hot water
More than 2,000 residents at the Rangel Houses in Harlem say they have been living without heat for over 24 hours as cold temperatures grip the city.
Yonkers mayor slams NYC about influx of homeless
The mayor of Yonkers says his financially strapped city has its own issue with homelessness so he wants to know why New York is sending its homeless here. The Special One Time Assistance Program, or SOTA, gives homeless individuals and families one year's rent to relocate anywhere in the United States.
Jersey City to vote on increased Airbnb regulations
Some residents and lawmakers in Jersey City are asking people to vote yes on restrictions on Airbnb and other short-term rentals, arguing that rent controlled apartments are being turned into short-term rentals and displacing long-term residents.
Real estate trends and millennials
Millennials now make up the largest group of homebuyers in the United States. Amy Plitt is the editor of Curbed New York. She discusses trends that buyers and sellers need to know about.
'Zombie' homes on Long Island
More than 500 vacant properties, so-called zombie homes, can be found in neighborhoods across the Town of Hempstead. As that crisis continues to escalate, state and local officials have secured a $215,000 grant designed to take a closer look at the community's housing needs.
NYC public housing deal
The federal government will take greater control of the New York City Housing Authority in a deal struck by local officials and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD Secretary Ben Carson announced.
2019 real estate trends for NYC
To rent or to buy? To sell or to hold? Where will you find the best real estate deals in New York this year? StreetEasy senior economist Grant Long says prices are continuing to fall in a lot of places in the city and buyers continue to have the upper hand in negotiations.
Williamsburg real estate
A day after Gov. Cuomo announced that he intended to avert a full shut down of the L-train and instead have repairs done during nights and weekends, calls started coming into Can Nomer, the director of leasing at Level, a 554-unit high-rise on the waterfront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
NYC affordable apartments
A new report by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer's office says the number of affordable apartments in New York City has dwindled over time, leaving working-class residents with fewer options in a city with ballooning rents.