Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter includes stories on: • New York City's plan to make housing more expensive by requiring that plumbers install your stove • Los Angeles' consideration of a proposal to tighten the city's rent stabilization ordinance • The housing policy implications of the looming federal shutdown

But first, our lead story evaluating the surprisingly pro-housing legacy of Mayor Eric Adams as he exits the political scene.

The Housing Hero Gotham Deserved

When New York Mayor Eric Adams announced that he was ending his bid for a second term on Sunday, few were shocked by the news.

Despite being the incumbent mayor of a city experiencing relative peace and prosperity post-pandemic, Adams was polling in a distant fourth

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