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The rate increases are lower than property owners have pushed for, citing rising costs. But tenants and housing advocates who’ve called for a rent freeze say the hike will worsen…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 9Comments

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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 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Rent Board Approves 1.5% Hike, Angering Tenants and Landlords Alike

The increases, which will affect leases signed after October 1, came despite calls for a rent freeze from housing and tenant advocacy groups, and amid demands from property owners for…

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Jun 2019

Uncategorized

Opinion: De Blasio’s RGB Must not Undo Progress Made in Albany for Tenants

In order for the reforms in Albany to be powerful, the city has to do its part and help keep rents affordable.

ByAva Farkas

ByDelsenia Glover 1Comment

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May 2019

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Housing Update: Rent Hikes Are Coming, 17 New Bills for Tenants and the City’s Worst Evictors

Here’s the New York City housing news you might have missed this week.

ByHarry DiPrinzio 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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Jun 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Why I Voted for a New York City Rent Freeze

This week, the Rent Guidelines Board approved the biggest hike in one-year, rent-stabilized leases of the de Blasio era. Here’s how one Board member explained her ‘no’ vote.

ByLeah Goodridge 1Comment

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Can NYC’s Landlords Afford Another Rent Freeze?

When the Rent Guidelines Board approved a 0 percent hike last year, landlords warned of impending disaster.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 96Comments

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May 2015

Housing and Homelessness

The Rent is Too Damn Nigh! When, Where and How to Testify to the City’s Rent Board

The panel that decides how much landlords can hike the rent on nearly a million stabilized apartments has four hearings coming up. But you don’t have to show up to…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

NYC’s Rent Guidelines Board Votes for 2-4% Hikes for Stabilized Units. What Now?

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

Rent Board Approves 1.5% Hike, Angering Tenants and Landlords Alike

Opinion: De Blasio’s RGB Must not Undo Progress Made in Albany for Tenants

Housing Update: Rent Hikes Are Coming, 17 New Bills for Tenants and the City’s Worst Evictors

The Five ‘Myths’ of Rent Regulation in New York

Diaz Suggests Landlord Tax Break in Exchange for New Rent Curbs

CityViews: Why I Voted for a New York City Rent Freeze

Can NYC’s Landlords Afford Another Rent Freeze?

The Rent is Too Damn Nigh! When, Where and How to Testify to the City’s Rent Board

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