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Rents are rising for seniors as they are for everyone else. But a fixed income, vulnerability to harassment and age-related physical impairments raise the housing stakes for elder New Yorkers.

BySuzanne Travers 2Comments

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Jun 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Why Effort to Reform NYC Property Taxes Has Stalled

Many people agree that New York City’s property tax system is marred by inequities and the unintended consequences of attempts to address them. But reforms could be costly or create…

ByRuth Ford 2Comments

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Jun 2015

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

UrbaNerd: Really, it’s OK if You Don’t Understand 421-a

The tax break now at the center of negotiations in Albany over essential city housing policies is really rather complicated. Here are the basics.

ByJarrett Murphy 8Comments

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Jun 2015

Uncategorized

10 Days and Ticking: Your Rent Regulations Cheat Sheet

The housing-policy perfect storm that was visible on the radar months ago has arrived right on time: 10 days from the deadline for the state to renew rent regulations and…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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May 2015

Housing and Homelessness

The Lessons of the Tall Guy: Closing Chapter Nears for Housing-Agency Scandal

A former HPD official referred to as “the Tall Guy” in court papers is due to be sentenced soon for his role in a major Bloomberg-era bribery scandal. With a…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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May 2015

Opinion

A Call to Ban Landlords’ Non-Rent Fees to Tenants

Fees for appliances like washing machines or air conditioners, legal fees, and other miscellaneous charges are confusing to tenants, often unexplained or unjustified and above all unaffordable.

ByJoseph Cepeda and Erin Markman 0Comments

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May 2015

Housing and Homelessness Investigations NYCHA

Tenants’ Voice Lacks Power as NYCHA Faces Crucial Chapter

The Housing Authority’s Tenant Associations are supposed to rally residents to fight for their interests. But while some leaders (like Jonathan Gardenhire, above, the vice president of Smith Houses’ TA)…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 4Comments

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May 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Displaced, Dispersed, Disappeared: What Happens to Families Forced Out of Bushwick?

Everyone knows higher rents have forced many families out of their apartments in rapidly gentrifying Bushwick. But no one has bothered to count them or figure out where they went.

ByNeil deMause 4Comments

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Apr 2015

In Depth

Questions Persist About Labor Violations at Affordable Housing Sites

Mayor de Blasio says his housing plan will create good jobs as well as affordable places to live. But limited city oversight of subcontractors, who can change their names after…

ByKate Pastor 0Comments

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Apr 2015

Uncategorized

Update: More Democrats Add Names to Vacancy Decontrol Repeal Bill

Forty-four Assemblymembers now support the bill to end exits from the rent-stabilization program—and recapture thousands of apartments that have already left.

ByJarrett Murphy 5Comments

Seniors’ Housing Needs are a Special Challenge

Why Effort to Reform NYC Property Taxes Has Stalled

UrbaNerd: Really, it’s OK if You Don’t Understand 421-a

10 Days and Ticking: Your Rent Regulations Cheat Sheet

The Lessons of the Tall Guy: Closing Chapter Nears for Housing-Agency Scandal

A Call to Ban Landlords’ Non-Rent Fees to Tenants

Tenants’ Voice Lacks Power as NYCHA Faces Crucial Chapter

Displaced, Dispersed, Disappeared: What Happens to Families Forced Out of Bushwick?

Questions Persist About Labor Violations at Affordable Housing Sites

Update: More Democrats Add Names to Vacancy Decontrol Repeal Bill

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