The Politics of Housing: Rent Freezes and the 50-year Mortgage

Our analysis of The American National Election Studies data shows renters lean decisively left, while homeowners lean right. Recent proposals—Mamdani's rent freeze and Trump's 50 year mortgage—speak to this divide. Unfortunately, neither will meaningf

A month ago, New Yorkers received a booklet in the mail profiling candidates running for various municipal offices. Each profile listed the candidate's top three priorities. Leafing through the book, Home Economics noted that every single profile included housing affordability((Or at least affordability, generally)) as a first or second priority. Not on…