"Unions are the best way that working people can build a stable life. But in a city as expensive as New York, they also need local government on their side to lower costs and make life better."
If you're not sure of the Right to Buy's impact on social housing, then this report makes it pretty clear; RtB is a corrosive force on the provision of social housing.... only by ending, or severely constraining RtB can we start to rebuild the necessary social housing sector.
Anyone who argue RtB can co-exist with social housing is at best mistaken, at worst actively seeking to destroy social housing provision.
Charlie Stross
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The CEO of the largest rental company in America got assassinated in Manhattan last week. Mainstream media is desperately trying to cover it up, now refers to the CEO as just an “employee”.
Volunteering for #Community Support✨
Today I had the opportunity to serve dinner at Rosie’s Place in #Boston.
Since 1974, Rosie’s Place has offered a safe haven for #LGBTQIA+ women, providing meals, overnight shelter, a food pantry, wellness care, education, legal aid, and #housing support to those in need who self-identify as female.
Nonprofits like this can’t do their work without community partners, donors, and volunteers.
Want to help? Visit https://www.rosiesplace.org/
Nemoudeis
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Reluctant fundraising/begpost here, mutual aid if you will.
Those of you following along remember in March of this year I was kicked out of my mother's house after an increasingly tense environment broke down. I spent two weeks in the homeless shelter, and then with help from a street outreach team managed to get into a rooming house. Now, with the help of my housing worker, I'm moving into a bachelor apartment where I will have my own kitchen and bathroom, must-haves for my mental health and well-being.
The lease is signed, the damage deposit is paid and the rent is covered, but unfortunately I have nothing leftover for moving, furnishing the new home, utilities hook-up, bathroom and kitchen essentials, and some food staples to get me comfortably to October and beyond.
So many of you helped me out when I was scared and uncertain, and I hope I can get one last push into the stable housing I know I need to heal and grow. If you aren't able to help now, my gratitude is eternal, I understand, and there are a lot of folks in far worse circumstances than I am out there.
But if you're able to kick over some change toward my goal of $1,000, it would help me start things off right in the new place, and take off a whole load of worries.
I'm on paypal or etransfer at quietmarc@yahoo.ca and anything helps.
$305.88 /$1000.00 - Thank You!!!
I've got the bandwidth this time to track what folks send me, so I'll close this when I reach the goal, or when I've moved in successfully, whichever comes first.
Thank you so much in advance, please boost if you can.
dansup
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For Canadians interested in #housing policy, you have a few weeks left to engage and provide your perspective with a federal initiative:
https://housing-infrastructure.canada.ca/bch-mc/engaging-bch-partciper-mc-eng.html
For Canadians interested in #housing policy, you have a few weeks left to engage and provide your perspective with a federal initiative:
https://housing-infrastructure.canada.ca/bch-mc/engaging-bch-partciper-mc-eng.html
America’s Largest Landlord to Stop Using RealPage Rent-Setting Software, Makes Deal With DOJ
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Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a way that could result in cartel-like behavior.
Reluctant fundraising/begpost here, mutual aid if you will.
Those of you following along remember in March of this year I was kicked out of my mother's house after an increasingly tense environment broke down. I spent two weeks in the homeless shelter, and then with help from a street outreach team managed to get into a rooming house. Now, with the help of my housing worker, I'm moving into a bachelor apartment where I will have my own kitchen and bathroom, must-haves for my mental health and well-being.
The lease is signed, the damage deposit is paid and the rent is covered, but unfortunately I have nothing leftover for moving, furnishing the new home, utilities hook-up, bathroom and kitchen essentials, and some food staples to get me comfortably to October and beyond.
So many of you helped me out when I was scared and uncertain, and I hope I can get one last push into the stable housing I know I need to heal and grow. If you aren't able to help now, my gratitude is eternal, I understand, and there are a lot of folks in far worse circumstances than I am out there.
But if you're able to kick over some change toward my goal of $1,000, it would help me start things off right in the new place, and take off a whole load of worries.
I'm on paypal or etransfer at quietmarc@yahoo.ca and anything helps.
$305.88 /$1000.00 - Thank You!!!
I've got the bandwidth this time to track what folks send me, so I'll close this when I reach the goal, or when I've moved in successfully, whichever comes first.
Thank you so much in advance, please boost if you can.
ProPublica
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Jasmin Belanger believed the deal was simple: pay off what she owed, and her landlord would let her keep her housing.
It wasn’t until months later that she learned it had left her with a permanent record of an eviction — despite there never being one.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maine-public-housing-eviction-repayment-agreements?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
decryption
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Mr Eslake says this underscores the importance of negative gearing to the wealthiest investors and scuppers the argument that it is predominantly used by "mums and dads trying to get ahead".
"To which I always ask, ahead of whom?" Mr Eslake says.
"The answer — their own children and grandchildren, or their children's and grandchildren's peers."
#AusPol#Housing
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-09/interest-rates-smashed-mega-landlords-few-sold/105615242?utm_source=mastodon
Mr Eslake says this underscores the importance of negative gearing to the wealthiest investors and scuppers the argument that it is predominantly used by "mums and dads trying to get ahead".
"To which I always ask, ahead of whom?" Mr Eslake says.
"The answer — their own children and grandchildren, or their children's and grandchildren's peers."
#AusPol#Housing
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-09/interest-rates-smashed-mega-landlords-few-sold/105615242?utm_source=mastodon
The CEO of the largest rental company in America got assassinated in Manhattan last week. Mainstream media is desperately trying to cover it up, now refers to the CEO as just an “employee”.
Are You a Public Housing Resident Behind on Rent? Received an Eviction Notice? Here’s What to Know.
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If you’re one of 1.6 million people living in public housing nationally, you have special protections meant to prevent low-income tenants from being evicted when they fall behind on rent. We created a guide to the process.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maine-eviction-safeguards-public-housing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Jasmin Belanger believed the deal was simple: pay off what she owed, and her landlord would let her keep her housing.
It wasn’t until months later that she learned it had left her with a permanent record of an eviction — despite there never being one.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maine-public-housing-eviction-repayment-agreements?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Michael Bacon
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House prices ticked up in July, so its time to say again:
House price rises are...
NOT a 'return to growth';
NOT a 'bounce back';
NOT the return of a welcome return of 'health' to the housing market...
HOUSE PRICE RISES ARE ASSET PRiCE INFLATION & ARE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ONGOING HOUSING CRISIS!
Until we get this message we will never approach removing our housing problems (yes, I know there are other issues for rental rights to loose finance that contribute too)
House prices ticked up in July, so its time to say again:
House price rises are...
NOT a 'return to growth';
NOT a 'bounce back';
NOT the return of a welcome return of 'health' to the housing market...
HOUSE PRICE RISES ARE ASSET PRiCE INFLATION & ARE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ONGOING HOUSING CRISIS!
Until we get this message we will never approach removing our housing problems (yes, I know there are other issues for rental rights to loose finance that contribute too)
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan by acting as a guarantor for non-Japanese tenants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/31/companies/gtn-foreigners-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #foreignworkers #foreigntrainees #housing #property #realestate #propertyrental