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Tenants living in federally subsidized housing projects in New York City are given the runaround when they complain about their rent and repairs. Contractors, state, and federal agencies pass the…

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

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Sep 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 23-29

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Sep 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Fewer Eligible Tenants Get ‘Right to Counsel’ After Pandemic, Program Expansion: Report

As evictions spike, the Independent Budget Office highlights ongoing challenges in the city’s program to provide free legal representation to low-income tenants facing eviction.

ByPatrick Spauster 8Comments

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Jul 2025

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Immigration Labor

Legal Services Workers, Including Tenant Lawyers, Could Strike Over Pay & Other Conditions

At NYLAG, where the largest unit is the tenants’ rights division, a strike could hinder low-income people’s access to free representation when facing eviction, a service unique to the city’s…

ByTareq Saghie 1Comment

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Dec 2024

Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA

NYC Housing Calendar, Dec. 9-16

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Nov 2024

Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA

NYC Housing Calendar, Nov. 8-18

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Nov 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Justice

In Early Weeks, New Online Notice of Eviction Rule for City Marshals is Inconsistently Enforced

A new state law requires New York City marshals to post notices of eviction to the state court website, in addition to serving them in person. Several marshals posted them…

ByPatrick Spauster 2Comments

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Sep 2024

Economy Government Health Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Still Reeling With Rent Debts From COVID-19

At a recent City Council hearing, NYCHA shared that more than 70,000 households still owe rent, due in large part to being put at the back of the line for…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Sep 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

‘Good Cause’ Eviction’s Legal Litmus Test Begins

“The enforcement mechanism has truly always been the courts,” said Good Cause sponsor State Sen. Julia Salazar, as anticipation mounts for litigation that will hash out the reach of the…

ByChris Janaro 2Comments

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Apr 2024

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Staring Down the Wrecking Ball, These Brooklyn Grandmothers Won’t Be Moved

A Crown Heights building in limbo could inspire more landlords to deregulate through demolition—or more tenants to fight to stay in their homes.

ByEmma Whitford 2Comments

The Accountability Crisis in New York’s Project Based Rental Assistance Program

NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 23-29

Fewer Eligible Tenants Get ‘Right to Counsel’ After Pandemic, Program Expansion: Report

Legal Services Workers, Including Tenant Lawyers, Could Strike Over Pay & Other Conditions

NYC Housing Calendar, Dec. 9-16

NYC Housing Calendar, Nov. 8-18

In Early Weeks, New Online Notice of Eviction Rule for City Marshals is Inconsistently Enforced

NYCHA Still Reeling With Rent Debts From COVID-19

‘Good Cause’ Eviction’s Legal Litmus Test Begins

Staring Down the Wrecking Ball, These Brooklyn Grandmothers Won’t Be Moved

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