Mother vs. the Housing Crisis

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( FRIDAY, MARCH 8 housing [Mother vs. the Housing Crisis]( I lost my job and my apartment. I refused to settle for a tiny, dank replacement. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Getty When our [landlord]( warned my husband and me in the early pandemic that we’d eventually have to leave our apartment to make way for his college-age son, I shook his outstretched hand. I’d moved around a lot; the prospect of relocating didn’t seem dramatic. There were so many things I couldn’t have imagined then. I didn’t know that Montreal, the city I grew up in, where rents remained relatively stable for most of my life, would succumb to a global [housing-affordability crisis](. I didn’t know that [mortgage rates]( would skyrocket, or that the publishing industry would contract and I’d lose my job. I sure as hell didn’t know that I’d have a baby. As all of these details revealed themselves, I told my landlord that I planned to give birth at home, or rather under the roof he’d loaned us and would soon reclaim like an overdue library book. “Oh, that’s great,” he said. “The place will be full of good vibes for my boy.” One year later our lease was terminated. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Climbing Rat Rock At 22, Ashima Shiraishi is one of the best in the world. She owes it, at least in part, to Frederick Law Olmsted.]( By Clio Chang [Here Come the Tiny Whole Foods A scaled-down store — think D’Agostino’s — will open on the Upper East Side later this year.]( By Clio Chang [The Lenox Hill Townhouse Designed Around an Eccentric Railing It’s bedecked with stars, clouds, and plants in swirls of iron, and it runs more than three flights.]( By Adriane Quinlan [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved