Bisnow: Opportunity Zones Only Work With Lower Costs
I had the opportunity to be on Biznow’s panel last week on Opportunity Zones, a feature of last years tax reform legislation at the federal level that is supposed to encourage investment in areas struggling economically. I made the point that wound up in the headline of the story: Opportunity Zones Expose Conflict Between Growth Advocates […]
Representative Reeves: Speaking Up for People Who Rent Their Property
I was digging into the upcoming meeting of the Renters Commission on April 1 (ironic day for the meeting) at which the Commission will consider rent control. I don’t know what they have in mind but we opposed the creation of the Commission because we figured it would be simply a tax payer supported forum […]
F**K Inflation: Everyone is After the Wrong Enemy
Well, maybe this will get your attention post no-collusion Sunday. The real enemy of poor people is not gentrification, something that has no quantitative measure, but inflation, something that does. Prices are going up. Yes. They are. That’s real. But why? It isn’t because white people are pushing black people out of certain neighborhoods. But […]
