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Mamdani’s Former Astoria Apartment Now Offered Off‑Market for $3,100, 35% More Than He Paid

Opponents cite the off‑market listing at a higher price as fallout from the city’s broker‑fee ban that Mamdani supported.

Mamdani Appointee Quits Over Antisemitic Posts as Transition Hires Outside Vetting Firm

Adams’ Final-Day Picks Tilt Rent Board Against Mamdani’s Freeze Plan

Catalan Police Evict Hundreds From Badalona School Squat

Houston Council Returns Revamped High-Risk Apartment Registry for January Review With 30-Day Return Clock

Mamdani Reaffirms End to Encampment Sweeps, Courts Developers to Speed Housing

NYC Council Overrides Four Adams Vetoes, Preserves 30% Rent Cap and Mandates Pay-Data Reporting

San Francisco Board Passes Lurie’s ‘Family Zoning’ Upzoning Plan in 7–4 Vote

Baltimore Zoning Overhaul Stalls in Committee After Heated Hearing

Dublin Council Passes Budget in 31–30 Vote, Overhauls Social Housing Rents

Developers Sue to Overturn Adams’ Parkland Move at Elizabeth Street Garden

L.A. Council Backs 1%–4% Cap on Rent‑Stabilized Increases

City Council Moves to Override Adams’s Vetoes on Rent Cap, Pay-Equity and Nonprofit Bills

Houston Council Halts Final Vote on ‘High-Risk’ Apartment Registry, Sets Dec. 10 Reconsideration

Adams Weighs Late Rent Board Picks That Could Hamper Mamdani’s Freeze Pledge

Bremen Police Cut Utilities, Seal Occupied House as Owner Files Complaint

Swinney Backs Temporary Pause on Further Asylum Relocations to Glasgow

City Council Approves Jacobi Supportive Housing Plan, Defying City Hall

Utrecht and Drenthe Unveil 2026 Budgets Focused on Nature, Mobility and Housing

Council Sets Thursday Vote on Jacobi Supportive Housing for Medically Frail Former Detainees