Both inside and outside the Rent Guidelines Board’s public hearing Thursday, tenants and landlords shouted, booed, and jeered at each other in almost equal measure over future rents for regulated…
“The core problem with New York’s housing affordability is not, at its heart, a rent regulation problem. It is a divergence problem. Rents for existing affordable units have become increasingly…
“The city has not built enough of the housing that ends homelessness, especially supportive housing that combines permanent, affordable apartments with on-site services. Until that changes, more people will enter…
The Mamdani administration will announce a series of reforms Tuesday to improve how the city enforces building violations, part of its broader plan to build and preserve new housing across…
The legislation would give pre-qualified nonprofits an early shot at bidding on certain distressed apartment buildings, what supporters say would ensure those units stay affordable.
“This is not a debate about rescuing landlords. It is about preventing avoidable deterioration in housing that remains essential to the city’s economic and social fabric.”
New York City’s only solar incentive is a property tax abatement that most nonprofit and affordable housing providers can’t use. A proposal in Albany would provide them with direct payments…
“As the housing crisis drags on, New York City cannot afford to lose existing affordable housing to neglect or rely solely on costly new construction to close the gap. A…