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1987

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Book Review, Progressive Cities And The Tenants Movement, W Dennis Keating Jan 1987

Book Review, Progressive Cities And The Tenants Movement, W Dennis Keating

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Reviewing The Progressive City, Pierre Clavel, Planning and Participation, 1969-1984, Rutgers University Press, 1986.


Landlord Self-Regulation: New York City's Rent Stabilization System, 1969-1985, W Dennis Keating Jan 1987

Landlord Self-Regulation: New York City's Rent Stabilization System, 1969-1985, W Dennis Keating

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

This article argues that New York City's self-regulation system failed. Its ultimate demise is attributable to several factors: the attempted insulation of decision making from public influence; the attempted exclusion of tenants from the decision-making structure; landlord domination of regulatory bodies and policies; widespread patterns of landlord violations of the rent destabilization code; the failure of regulatory bodies to adequately enforce available sanctions for code violations; and the emergence of countervailing tenant opposition, the subsequent politicization of critical issues and decisions and the eventual deligitimation of the system's structure.