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‘Rent Freeze’ Is The Elephant In The Room as Rent Guidelines Board Kicks Off, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

A report from the Rent Guidelines Board, which sets allowable rent increases for stabilized units in the city, showed that landlord net income was up—but not as much as last…

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: When Paperwork Keeps Families in Shelter

“In New York City, frontline staff see stalled housing packages regularly. Families wait while apartments remain available. Landlords lose trust in voucher programs.”

Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness Immigration

Lost in Translation: Audit Finds Language Barriers at City Health Facilities & During Restaurant Inspections

The audit discovered “numerous deficiencies” in how the city’s Health Department provided interpretation services to New Yorkers with limited English proficiency when they visited the agency’s facilities, or when health…

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: We’re Loving Mitchell-Lama to Death

“It is easy to romanticize Mitchell-Lama as it existed decades ago, when maintenance increases were rare and expensive infrastructure replacements were uncommon. But those memories reflect the realities of the…

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

Unable to Reach Deal Before Court Deadline, Mamdani Appeals in Rental Voucher Expansion Case

The Mamdani administration is appealing a court decision compelling the city to expand the CityFHEPS rental assistance program—a suit he said he’d drop—after negotiations with advocates and City Council leaders…

Government Health Immigration Opinion

Opinion: Albany Must Act to Prevent a Healthcare Crisis in Asian-American Communities

“For smaller, neighborhood-based practices—the backbone of primary care in immigrant communities—this level of disruption is an existential crisis: when community providers are destabilized, patient care suffers.”

Climate and Environment Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

New Yorkers’ Energy Bills Soared During Recent Cold Snap

New York’s coldest winter in years exacerbated a trend of steadily increasing utility rates. The average National Grid winter gas bill for NYC residential customers rose by 25 percent from…

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Land Use and Development

While Affordable Housing Tenants Pay Extra for Amenities, Some Market Rate Renters Get Them For Free

While high prices lock some New York City affordable housing tenants out of their luxury building’s amenities—like game rooms, gyms, co-working spaces, and lounges—some of their market-rate neighbors are getting…

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar Land Use and Development NYCHA Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, March 23-30

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Turning Headlines Into Housing at Sunnyside Yard

“Tying New York City’s housing solution to an infamously mercurial president already distracted by a war and midterm elections seems like a risky gamble. By focusing on two key areas…

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