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Haber, ARA co-founder, says 'guilty until proven resident' is not how government should treat residents and urges the city to abandon the surcharge.

Haber calls the ruling 'a step in the right direction' but not the finish line, saying the rollout was botched and the tax should be halted.

Haber, as ARA co-founder, says the ruling is subject to a stay and the administration should halt the entire pied-à-terre tax rather than defend a failed process; urges Legislature hearings in January.

Part 3 of Inman's series on NAR and ARA. Cites an Inman survey where 55% of agents would rather belong to no association, and Compass's complimentary ARA membership for its company-owned affiliates.

Opinion column by Darryl Davis challenging ARA to publish a one-page member-benefits sheet, open its books, and stick to national fights; cites Haber's NYC pied-a-terre campaign as an example of a local battle.

Inman Intel Index survey analysis of ARA's brokerage partnerships: only 6% of brokerage leaders would encourage agents toward ARA, and just 2% of agents would join ARA but not NAR if the choice were theirs, suggesting the deals may weaken NAR more than they grow ARA.

Haber says he dislikes the word 'rival,' praises NAR's federal lobbying in Washington, and remains open to collaborating with NAR; concedes matching NAR's decades-long scale would take years. Notes he delayed Compass joining ARA to avoid a perception the brokerage controlled it.

Jason Haber, ARA co-founder, is quoted throughout City Journal's investigation of the pied-a-terre tax rollout, saying the administration refuses to admit mistakes. Recounts his City Council testimony that there is a difference between public and published, and that he built a searchable app from the city's spreadsheet in two hours despite not being a programmer.

Haber appears on 'America Reports' calling the city's publication of pied-a-terre tax records a 'doxx' and saying it needs to be fixed.

Analysis of ARA's momentum after the Compass and RE/MAX wins and what the association must do to sustain relevance against NAR.

Feature on ARA's origins and growth; Haber recounts how the NAR Accountability Project grew into ARA and its climb to roughly 30,000 members.

Coverage of the NYRAC/ARA rally on the City Hall steps; Haber used puns and 'bombast' to summarize agents' objections and called on officials to apologize to the 959,710 New Yorkers whose information was published.