Date: July 21st, 2009

No landlord at all: Part 1, the vanished landlord

21 July, 2009 (10:59) | Landlords, New York City, Rent control, Rental, Subprime, Tenure, Theory, US News | No comments

Residential property is an exoskeletal shell that, like the chambered nautilus, is alive only when inhabited, the occupant playing the important role of eternal vigilante. 
 

I may not own it, but I occupy it!
 
These two roles are best fused via homeownership, where the occupant and the owner are one and the same, but can also [...]