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January 27, 2022

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January 19, 2022

The Bronx Apartment Fire Was a Product of New York’s Out-of-Control Housing Market

Nicholas Boni Jacobin

The Bronx apartment fire that recently killed 17 people was a devastating tragedy. It is also the entirely predictable outcome of a housing market that forces tenants to grovel for basic repairs while landlords rule as something close to kings.

January 13, 2022

America’s Hidden Fire Kindling - For-Profit Housing

Jarod Facundo The American Prospect

Federally subsidized housing complexes, many of them owned by for-profit investors, fail to enforce basic safety standards. Will the horrific fire this week become a wake-up call?

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