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A current bill working its way through Congress would correct a gap in the way the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) delivers recovery assistance in the wake of natural disasters. Sponsored by Reps. David Rouzer (R-N.C.), Jerrold N…
Local Law 97 (LL97), intended to make New York City a carbon neutral oasis by 2050, is both an ambitious and commendable attempt to bring a city born in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries into the twenty-second. It also places a substan…
Both the New York State Senate and Assembly have passed provisions to update the famous (sometimes infamous) J-51 property tax abatement and exemption program. It now awaits Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature. The new incarnation of the law …
According to a June 14 press release , the National Housing Conference (NHC) in partnership with the Black Homeownership Collaborative has developed a free mortgage affordability calculator to help all home-seekers - particularly those f…
Another new bill - known as INT 914 - with the intention of increasing the pace and administrative transparency of co-op share transfers is currently before the New York City Council. What’s In It INT 914 would require the boards of co-o…
As has been widely reported lately, Fannie Mae, which is under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has developed a secret blacklist of condominiums, HOAs and co-ops that are ineligible for “conventional financin…
Boards, managers, and residents, take note - Tuesday, June 13 is International Community Association Managers Day! Established in 2022, the day recognizes the 55,000+ community association managers in the U.S. and the many thousands more wo…
On Wednesday, May 10, CooperatorEvents once again welcomed thousands of board members, managers, building owners, vendors, and co-op, condo, and HOA residents from across the tristate area to the New York Hilton in the heart of Midtown for …
As The New York Times pointed out on May 18, 2023, the national home sales market is in a state of gridlock. This is largely thanks to short supply in the resale market, which is itself the result of potential sellers – those who ordina…
The U.S. has long suffered from an inadequate supply of housing. From a slow recovery in new construction after the Great Recession, to onerous zoning regulations and building codes, to the recent impacts of inflation on building materials,…