The Privatopia Papers

Which U.S. cities will best weather the pandemic? | Nuveen "Markets with a large exposure to newer non-cyclical industries such as inf...

The Future is Public | Transnational Institute "Resistance to privatisation has turned into a powerful force for change. (Re)municipal...

Chicago Condo DeConversions Coming Back Thousands of affordable condo units have been turned into apartments by megabucks investment compan...

What homeowners associations should do when residents can’t pay during the pandemic - The Washington Post Unemployment is off the charts an...

How Life in Cities Will Change Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

17-1702 Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck (06/17/2019) This is a 5-4 decision with all the Republicans in the majority and all th...

Country Clubs | Condos | Homeowners Association Fees " Some older condos in South Florida communities built around country clubs are s...

Chaos in Preckwinkle's Hyde Park condo: neighbors say she ignored their concerns | Chicago Sun-Times "Mayoral candidate Toni Preck...

'Flintstone' house sparks lawsuit from California town: 'It's an eyesore' | Art and design | The Guardian

Biggest developments in Chicago | Chicago development Chicago has a bunch of huge downtown residential towers going up, with high-end condo...

Bill would give HOA’s taxing authority - Mississippi Center for Public Policy I wonder if these people have thought this through. If they h...

‘No HOA’: Man makes entire house pink, says neighbors can’t do anything about it Definitely a guy who shouldn't live in an HOA. And Exh...

Argument analysis: No clear resolution on whether First Amendment applies to public-access channels - SCOTUSblog The US Supreme Court just...

The Private Company Reshaping American Police Policy - CityLab "The policy was written by Lexipol, a California-based company that say...

Survival of the Richest – Future Human – Medium A professor was invited to give a talk to a small group of super-rich hedge fund people. He...

Guess what, America? Other countries have same condo and HOA problems : Deborah Goonan gives examples from other countries.

Ukraine approves list of state-owned enterprises for privatization | KyivPost : "Jump-starting a process that has been stalled for more...

Oregon Business - New kid on the block: The urban gated community : "“You could literally not leave the building,” says Christian Hagga...

HOA Calls 911 - YouTube : This call to 911 concerns a homeowner putting up signs about a missing cat. Good grief.

Chatham County residents protest HOA decision to kill 35 beavers :: WRAL.com : ""Anything that's natural can be a nuisance,...