Federal Housing Administration greenlights 40-year mortgages(wptv.com)

28 points by belter 3 years ago | 25 comments

Harris has the right idea on housing(noahpinion.blog)

5 points by paulpauper 2 years ago | 0 comments

The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong(derekthompson.org)

474 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 717 comments

Derek Thompson Substack essay arguing that antitrust critics blaming homebuilder monopolies for America's housing problems are wrong.

U.S. now short 4.5M homes as housing deficit grows(zillow.mediaroom.com)

6 points by myroon5 2 years ago | 0 comments

Airbnb allowed rampant price gouging following L.A. fires, city attorney alleges(latimes.com)

54 points by miguelazo 1 year ago | 65 comments

Housing Is a Labor Issue: Land owners are taking all the wage gains(hamiltonnolan.com)

56 points by vwoolf 3 years ago | 48 comments

Court Records Should Be Free(eff.org)

430 points by hn_acker 4 months ago | 99 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Joe Mullin arguing that federal court records should be freely accessible to the public.

Private equity is buying everything from vet offices to tech conglomerates(theverge.com)

482 points by Brajeshwar 3 years ago | 312 comments

A Verge Decoder interview with prosecutor Brendan Ballou on how private equity buys companies from vet offices to tech firms, why the system is broken, and fixes.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children and misled the public(time.com)

347 points by binning 11 months ago | 146 comments

TIME article reporting on court filings alleging Meta downplayed risks its platforms posed to children and misled the public.

DOJ sues realpage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms renters(justice.gov)

708 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 566 comments

U.S. Department of Justice press release announcing an antitrust lawsuit against RealPage over algorithmic rent pricing software alleged to harm millions of renters.

The FBI proves again it can’t be trusted with Section 702(eff.org)

321 points by freedomben 3 years ago | 123 comments

EFF Deeplinks post arguing the FBI's misuse of Section 702 surveillance powers shows it cannot be trusted with the authority ahead of reauthorization.