A review by falonbookbrooklynite
How the Other Half Lives by Luc Sante, Jacob A. Riis

5.0

So important. The racism is awful and evident (sorry @chinese people especially) but the housing crisis in NYC today has the same roots as in 1890. Absentee landlords, overcrowding, rich people planting their money in real estate and expecting absurd returns on investment which makes rent balloon, stagnant labor wages, and lack of affordable housing. Everyone in NYC needs to read this.