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The country’s highest court struck down a key portion of the state’s eviction protections, which allowed tenants to fend off Housing Court proceedings by swearing they had experienced a COVID-related…

ByDavid Brand 20Comments

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Aug 2021

Economy Housing and Homelessness

NY’s Slow-Moving Rent Relief Program Will Meet Federal Deadline, State Officials Insist

The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) has doled out funds to about 7,000 households, a fraction of the 158,000 who’ve applied. States must return their federal rental assistance funding if…

ByDavid Brand 13Comments

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Jul 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

New York’s $2.7 Billion Rent Relief Program Cuts First Checks, Amid Scrutiny

The stalled Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) has issued just $1.2 million of the $2.7 billion on hand to landlords owed pandemic-related back rent.

ByDavid Brand 44Comments

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Jul 2021

Housing and Homelessness

NYC Pays $122 Million to Turn Bronx Cluster Sites into Housing for Homeless Families

The 14 building-deal marks the third time the city has purchased cluster site properties to convert into permanent homes. It also illustrates the complicated reliance on bad landlords to provide…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Jul 2021

Uncategorized

NY’s Rent Relief Program Has Yet to Cut a Check Amid Inefficiencies and Frustrations

With seven weeks to go before state eviction protections expire, New York’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) has yet to cut a single check, and the organizations tasked with helping…

ByDavid Brand 22Comments

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Jul 2021

Uncategorized

Formerly Homeless Families Go Two Months Without Gas at Harlem Apartment Complex

The property owner, a company connected to an infamous family of landlords, has yet to begin repairs, and tenants in six apartments say building staff have pressured them to return…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Jul 2021

Economy Housing and Homelessness

LinkedIn Profiles, College Diplomas and Photos of Your Kid: The Invasive World of NYC Apartment Hunting

City Limits talked to several renters about their weirdest landlord demands and checked in with three housing attorneys to determine which requests were legal, which were bizarre (hint: all of…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Jun 2021

Economy Housing and Homelessness

NYC Rent Guidelines Board Sets Mid-Year Rate Hike for Stabilized Tenants

The board voted to freeze existing rents for six months before increasing rates for the remaining half of the year, what some members described as a compromise between what tenants…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Jun 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Advocates Urge NYC to Ban Criminal Background Checks for Apartment Applicants

The Fair Chance for Housing Act would bar landlords and brokers from conducting criminal background checks on prospective tenants, a barrier to housing for the formerly incarcerated and their families.

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Jun 2021

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

NYC’s ‘Hollowed Out’ Enforcement Units Struggle to Keep Pace on Housing Discrimination Cases

Source of income discrimination constitutes the most common form of illegal housing bias in NYC. Yet the city has only a handful of attorneys and staffers at the two agencies…

ByDavid Brand 14Comments

What the Supreme Court Decision Means for NY’s Eviction Moratorium

NY’s Slow-Moving Rent Relief Program Will Meet Federal Deadline, State Officials Insist

New York’s $2.7 Billion Rent Relief Program Cuts First Checks, Amid Scrutiny

NYC Pays $122 Million to Turn Bronx Cluster Sites into Housing for Homeless Families

NY’s Rent Relief Program Has Yet to Cut a Check Amid Inefficiencies and Frustrations

Formerly Homeless Families Go Two Months Without Gas at Harlem Apartment Complex

LinkedIn Profiles, College Diplomas and Photos of Your Kid: The Invasive World of NYC Apartment Hunting

NYC Rent Guidelines Board Sets Mid-Year Rate Hike for Stabilized Tenants

Advocates Urge NYC to Ban Criminal Background Checks for Apartment Applicants

NYC’s ‘Hollowed Out’ Enforcement Units Struggle to Keep Pace on Housing Discrimination Cases

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