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Aaron Carr
@aaronAcarr
Dogs, data, and new inventions. Founder and Executive Director of @housingrightsUS. Personal account/opinions my own.
New York, NY
Joined October 2010
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    Aaron Carr
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    May 25, 2022
    Today we are announcing one of the largest housing discrimination lawsuits in US history against 124 real estate companies and brokers for discriminating against low-income families with housing vouchers – and we got it all on recording. (Thread)
    Fannie Lou Diane, 44, spent about three years struggling to find a home using a city housing voucher before she found an apartment where it was accepted in Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village.
    Discrimination Weakens Tool for Reducing N.Y. Homelessness, Lawsuit Says (Published 2022)
    From nytimes.com
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    Aaron Carr
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    Mar 6, 2025
    I would argue that this is better messaging than the 1000 bullet point visuals
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    Aaron Carr
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    Jul 6, 2024
    I’m staying at an Airbnb with a hot tub that charges you $50 extra a day for them to make the hot tub hot, and I can’t stop thinking about this meme
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    Aaron Carr
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    Aug 25, 2025
    The most notable part about this headline, “Zohran Mamdani wants to end all misdemeanor charges,” is that the article itself doesn’t include a single citation showing that Zohran Mamdani seeks to end all misdemeanor charges — because they made it up.
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    New York Post
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    Aug 24, 2025
    Zohran Mamdani wants to end all misdemeanor charges: ‘E-ZPass for criminals’ trib.al/82wxrp1
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    Aaron Carr
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    Jan 5, 2023
    "Research shows it costs taxpayers $31,065 a year to criminalize a single person experiencing homelessness while the yearly cost for providing supportive housing is $10,051." housingmatters.urban.org/feature/homele…
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    Aaron Carr
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    Aug 23, 2024
    Our organization has been conducting undercover investigations against brokers that discriminate against tenants, and you wouldn’t believe some of the responses we get
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    Aaron Carr
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    May 12, 2021
    A $100,000 home in Brooklyn
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    Aaron Carr
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    Aug 23, 2024
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    This one is still my favorite of all time
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    Aaron Carr
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    Feb 1, 2024
    (1) This is genuinely awesome and amazing (2) There is NOTHING funnier to me than NYC learning about the technology of garbage trucks picking up garbage bins for the first time and people in other places wondering if this is a bit
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    Emma G. Fitzsimmons
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    Feb 1, 2024
    Here’s a demo of New York City’s new automatic side loading garbage truck lifting large on street containers. A pilot program is expanding to all of Community Board District 9 in West Harlem.
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    Aaron Carr
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    Jun 16, 2022
    San Francisco’s poverty rate is 10%; Detroit’s is 33%. San Francisco’s unemployment rate is 3%; Detroit’s is 20%. Yet, San Francisco’s homelessness rate is a whopping 3 times higher than Detroit’s. Why? If you want to understand homelessness, follow the rent:
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    Aaron Carr
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    Feb 7, 2021
    Slanted benches don’t reduce homelessness. Bolts on steps don’t reduce homelessness. Raised grate covers don’t reduce homelessness. Spiked windowsills don’t reduce homelessness. There’s only one thing that *does* reduce homelessness — and that is housing.
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    Aaron Carr
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    Nov 13, 2024
    Welp it finally happened! After decades of NYC tenants being forced to pay countless $ of their hard earned money for brokers whom they didn’t want or need, the tenants of NYC will no longer be forced to pay brokers fees The NYC brokerage mafia has been dismantled as we know it!
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    Chi Ossé
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    Nov 13, 2024
    Holy shit we won! 42/51 votes let’s go!!
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    Aaron Carr
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    Aug 25, 2022
    Atlanta cut homelessness by 40% through housing Houston cut homelessness by 63% through housing Finland cut homelessness by 75% through housing Tokyo cut homelessness by 80% through housing The solution to homelessness isn’t policing — it’s housing, housing, and more housing
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    Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
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    Aug 1, 2022
    It takes on the ground work to end the homelessness crisis. Good to spend some time with the team at District 3 doing that vital service.
    Mayor Adams enters the District 3 Police doors
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    Aaron Carr
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    Jan 15, 2025
    Can we get outdoor dining back now
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    JonNYC
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    Jan 13, 2025
    There are blocks of lower Manhattan that are so devoid of cars now it’s wild.
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