Women and children who flee from domestic violence need a safe place to stay. But more and more of these especially vulnerable families are ending up in regular homeless shelters.
Tenants accused Agababian of housing code violations and rent gouging. Now police have charged him with something he could actually be punished for: burglary.
Last week, California’s U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals knocked down that state’s tough public housing drug eviction laws. Advocates say the ruling could have an influence here.
A legal loophole is letting units in one Harlem co-op be sold out from beneath longtime residents who can’t afford to swing with the booming housing market.