Two explosions on Wednesday outside Brazil’s Supreme Court killed a man and forced the justices and staff to evacuate the building in the capital of Brasilia.

The US Supreme Court refused to question New York’s rent-control system, turning away two appeals that said the rules violate apartment owners’ constitutional rights.

The Supreme Court decided not to take on a case that could have major implications for affordable housing this week. However, Justice Neil Gorsuch broke with the larger opinion and would have ruled on rent stabilization rules in New York.

The Daily Dirt discusses the Supreme Court’s latest rejection of a lawsuit challenging the rent stabilization law in New York.

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear two challenges to New York’s rent stabilization law, keeping in place a system regulating rents for roughly a million apartments despite landlords attempting to overturn it.