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A City Limits investigation revealed significant issues with the program, which helps some 100,000 New Yorkers afford housing at buildings across the city. Here’s how to know if you live…

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

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Oct 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Resources

‘No Heat’ Complaints in NYC Apartments Hit New Highs Last Year. Here’s How to Get Help

During the most recent fiscal year, more New Yorkers reported not having heat in their apartments than any time on record. Here’s how to get help if your landlord won’t…

ByPatrick Spauster 2Comments

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Sep 2025

Featured Housing and Homelessness

International Students in NYC Face Apartment-Hunt Hurdle: Finding a Guarantor

International students don’t always have someone to ask to co-sign their lease, and most landlords won’t take out-of-country guarantors.

ByLucie Li 1Comment

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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 11Comments

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Sep 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: NYC Needs More Than Tenant Protections—It Needs a Balanced Approach to Housing

“We absolutely should weed out exploitative landlords, but we also need policies that support responsible owners. Otherwise, small landlords give up, banks take over, and buildings end up owned by…

ByKelly Feili 0Comments

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Aug 2025

Featured Housing and Homelessness In Depth Justice Resources

What You Need to Know If You’re Struggling to Pay Rent in NYC

City Limits combed through city government and non-profit documents and spoke to experts to get their take on what renters can do if they’re struggling, or facing the threat of…

ByNicole Richards 6Comments

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Aug 2025

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice

City Backtracks on CityFHEPs Voucher Incentive, Will Subject Rule Change to Public Review

After a judge issued a temporary restraining order preventing the city from immediately eliminating an incentive that pays landlords to hold vacant units for CityFHEPs voucher holders, the city decided…

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

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Aug 2025

Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

‘Back Home Act’ Aims to Support NYC Tenants Displaced by Emergencies

Each year, fires, floods and other emergencies force thousands of New Yorkers from their homes, separating them from their communities and often in the dark about the status of repairs…

ByMariana De Jesús-Szendrey 2Comments

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Jul 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Resources

Trouble Getting Your Security Deposit Back? This App Could Help

A new civic tech application looks to help New York City tenants pressure their landlords to return security deposits when they move out, something many renters miss out on.

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Jul 2025

Featured Housing and Homelessness

Could This Be The Last Stabilized Rent Hike for Four Years?

The Rent Guidelines Board voted Monday night to permit rent increases of 3 percent on the city’s 2.4 million rent stabilized tenants. With Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani promising to…

ByPatrick Spauster 10Comments

How To Get Help If You Live in an Apartment With Project-Based Rental Assistance

‘No Heat’ Complaints in NYC Apartments Hit New Highs Last Year. Here’s How to Get Help

International Students in NYC Face Apartment-Hunt Hurdle: Finding a Guarantor

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

Opinion: NYC Needs More Than Tenant Protections—It Needs a Balanced Approach to Housing

What You Need to Know If You’re Struggling to Pay Rent in NYC

‘Back Home Act’ Aims to Support NYC Tenants Displaced by Emergencies

Trouble Getting Your Security Deposit Back? This App Could Help

Could This Be The Last Stabilized Rent Hike for Four Years?

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