Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free . As this Tuesday also happens to be an Election Day, this week's newsletter takes a look at the races and referendums that will have the biggest impact on housing policy in the coming years. That includes:

Can the 'Freeze the Rent' Mayor Really Be the Champion of Housing Supply?

Today, New Yorkers go to the polls to vote on the next mayor. If polling is to be believed, New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani will win a comfortable victory over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Swila.

Given some of the positive comments he's made about the need to speed up permitting and boost private housing production, yes in my backyard (YIMBY) housing supply advocates can plausibly see a Mamdani victory as the best result for new hou

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