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“…much of the documented illegal discrimination is based on fears, bias, and stereotypes about the people who possess the rental subsidies and has less to do with the structure of…

ByFred Freiberg 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Climate and Environment Housing and Homelessness

Advocates, Lawmakers ‘Baffled’ By Exclusions in Basement Legalization Plan

“I’m surprised, I’m baffled, I’m angry,” said City Councilmember Sandy Nurse, who represents East New York, where the city ran an earlier basement conversion pilot in 2019. The area…

ByChris Janaro 1Comment

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Oct 2023

Housing and Homelessness

NY Quietly Finalizes Housing Regulations Cheered By ‘Frankensteining’ Critics

The amendments, some of which limit rents on combined or ‘Frankensteined’ apartments, mark the first update since 2014 to regulations in the Rent Stabilization Code governing about 1 million apartments.

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Oct 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth

Facing Shelter Deadlines, Asylum Seekers Navigate NYC’s Costly Rental Market

Securing housing in a city known for sky-high rents is proving difficult for newly arrived immigrants. Of the six people City Limits spoke to about their recent searches, only one…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

Social Housing in the Spotlight: NYC Lawmakers Seek ‘Paradigm Shift’ in Tackling Affordability Crisis

Councilmembers are weighing a slate of bills to expand programs and resources that follow the model of social housing—deeply affordable homes built “for public good” rather than profit, what supporters…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Sep 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

More People Snagged Units in NYC Housing Lotteries Last Year, But Wait Times Grew

The city’s affordable housing lotteries are notoriously competitive, but new data shows some progress: in the most recent fiscal year that ended in June, 6,173 applicants were approved for a…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 3Comments

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Sep 2022

CLARIFY Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

It’s Not Just Manhattan: Rents Are Still Rising Across NYC

Throughout the five boroughs and across the rental market, apartment prices continue to surge, according to an analysis of nearly 390,000 listings over the past three years that online marketplace…

ByDavid Brand

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ByQuainat Mariam

ByManuel Lozano-Velez

ByNowshin Rahman

ByTiara Soto

ByJaelynn Jimenez 1Comment

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Oct 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Report: ‘Bad Landlords’ are Few in Number but Destructive in Impact

According to research out today from the Regional Plan Association, what amounts to a handful of bad landlords is responsible for a vast amount of the city’s poor housing and…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

Opinion: Bias Fuels Source of Income Discrimination