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One topic of profound disagreement between tenant advocates and property owners is preferential rents. Newly released data this week provides some important background on how those rent discounts operate.

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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May 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Tenants, Landlords Will Testify on New York’s Rent Laws

With the date for state rent laws to expire approaching, the Senate Majority announced Monday a series of public hearings will be held on rent regulation and tenant protection issues.

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Jan 2019

Housing and Homelessness

The Five ‘Myths’ of Rent Regulation in New York

Are rent regulated apartments occupied primarily by the wealthy? Do rent regulated tenants hoard their homes?

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Dec 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Diaz Suggests Landlord Tax Break in Exchange for New Rent Curbs

Citing a need to address the looming problem of preferential rents without harming landlords who operate as small businesses, the Bronx borough president backs a law to prevent sudden rent…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Dec 2018

Housing and Homelessness

As Other Cities Look to Copy it, a Report on How Right to Counsel is Working in NYC

San Francisco voters approved a similar program, Los Angeles lawmakers tasked that city’s housing department with developing one, and places like Philly, Newark and the nation’s capital are headed down…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2018

Government Housing and Homelessness

Track the 18 Tenant Protection Bills Now Before the City Council

The proposals cover everything from buyouts to building-code violations, construction dust to housing-court process servers.

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Nov 2018

Opinion

CityViews: It is Time for Real Rent-Regulation Reform Across New York State

‘2019 will be a watershed year. Everyone who rents, and everyone who cares about affordable rental housing, should join the fight.’

ByMichael McKee 0Comments

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Nov 2018

Government Housing and Homelessness

From Rent Regs to Rezonings, 2019 Will Feature Key Housing Policy Fights

The new dynamics of power in Albany, and the timing of key decision-making processes in the city itself, will make next year a pivotal one for affordability in New York.

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Nov 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Artificial Intelligence, not ‘Greedy Landlords,’ is the Real Threat to Tenants

In the near future, one landlord writes, rising rents will be less of a problem than the disappearance of paid work for low-income tenants who haven’t received adequate training. …

ByAlan Shamah 1Comment

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Aug 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Wash. Heights Tenants Wonder: Is the Problem the Leak, or the Landlord?

Water damage and mold are rampant in rent-stabilized apartments at the West 174th Street address. Tenants suspect an effort to get them out. The landlord insists it’s just a leak.

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

How Often do Preferential Rents Rise? Rarely, But More Than They Used To

Tenants, Landlords Will Testify on New York’s Rent Laws

The Five ‘Myths’ of Rent Regulation in New York

Diaz Suggests Landlord Tax Break in Exchange for New Rent Curbs

As Other Cities Look to Copy it, a Report on How Right to Counsel is Working in NYC

Track the 18 Tenant Protection Bills Now Before the City Council

CityViews: It is Time for Real Rent-Regulation Reform Across New York State

From Rent Regs to Rezonings, 2019 Will Feature Key Housing Policy Fights

CityViews: Artificial Intelligence, not ‘Greedy Landlords,’ is the Real Threat to Tenants

Wash. Heights Tenants Wonder: Is the Problem the Leak, or the Landlord?

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