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The latest quarterly survey from the Greater Rochester Association of Realtors shows a sharp drop in local home sales, a downturn that the association…
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In a span of just two days, New York state went from partially lifting a pandemic-spurred restriction on showing homes in person to reinstating it once…
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The Rochester Housing Authority says that its public housing waiting list applications will now be accepted online at…
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ConnectionsRochester City Court has a new housing section. Now, tenants can bring small claims actions against landlords to be heard by a judge.We talk about how the…
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ConnectionsThe New York Times asks a provocative question: why are people so unhappy in some of the most ostensibly booming American places? For example, California…
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The Town of Pittsford is preparing for an election, and it’s embroiled in a debate over segregation and housing policy. We invited candidates from both…
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Can building new, high-end housing units help increase the supply of affordable housing? A new working paper says it can. Economist Evan Mast of the W.E.…
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We continue our series of conversations about the issues and policies that will generate debate and conversations in advance of the 2020 election. This…
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A recent study by the nonpartisan Fiscal Policy Institute says nearly half of New York renters are “rent-burdened.”Ron Deutsch, the group’s executive…
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We continue our series of conversations about urbanism in Rochester with participants in the Community Design Center’s Reshaping Rochester program.Klaus…