While homeowner associations for years have sought to stop investors from buying and renting out houses in their neighborhoods, the legislative proposals represent a new effort by elected officials to regulate Wall Street’s appetite for single-family homes.

There are more than 8,500 sidewalk sheds along the New York City’s streets, according to records maintained by the Buildings Department. End to end, they would stretch from Manhattan to Montreal via The New York Times' Patrick McGeehan #WeekendReads buff.ly/3w7DUVr

On Tuesday, Gov. Hochul celebrated the state budget's housing deal with union members–but the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York were notably absent and have not put out a statement via City & State NY's Rebecca C. Lewis buff.ly/3w8czCu

The new Landlord Engagement Program, run by BronxWorks, will make connections between prospective tenants with rental assistance vouchers and local landlords with empty units via Gothamist's David Brand buff.ly/3wdv2xx

Housing regulations and investments influence what gets developed, where people live, and how cost-burdened they are. These are key factors that impact a community’s vulnerability to environmental hazards and an area’s contribution to climate change.

Real estate brokerage stocks tumbled Thursday on waning expectations for the Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts, and as a disappointing earnings release raised concern about the sector’s outlook via @Business' Norah Mulinda buff.ly/4dh41K6

Councilmember Sanchez announced a new act for building safety legislation that would require more stringent inspections and impose tighter deadlines and escalating penalties for landlords to correct violations via Gothamist's brittany.kriegstein buff.ly/3Wg6lLr

It takes creativity, compromise, determination — and more money than ever — to buy home in America right now. Read nine households' stories on how they bought homes under $1 million via @WashingtonPost's Rachel Lerman and maggie penman #WeekendReads buff.ly/4aRmwDw

Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the federal consent decree known as the Baez agreement, which has helped push the New York City Housing Authority to make much needed repairs faster, tenants say via @thecityny's @gregbsmithnyc buff.ly/3UzW4Zy

A group of homeless advocacy organizations are weighing in on a lawsuit against the Adams administration over its refusal to implement a package of laws that would expand the rental subsidy program to more New Yorkers via City Limits' Jeanmarie Evelly buff.ly/49S3Zp9

Homeownership has been a touchy subject for Gen Z, as the generation compares its housing fate with that of the millennials. But have rising housing costs really been harder on Gen Z as its members navigate their 20s? via The New York Times Michael Kolomatsky buff.ly/3Uxwsw1

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers spent two bruising years wrestling over how to tackle the state’s ongoing housing crisis. Now comes the hard part of figuring out if their plan will actually work via Gothamist's Jon Campbell & David Brand buff.ly/3UAyk7z