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Rent Regulated Housing

Government

As State Housing Package Implodes, Two Tenant-Friendly Bills Still Simmering 

Emma Whitford | 17 hours ago

While Albany leaders failed to pass a comprehensive package of housing legislation this week, some advocates and high-ranking lawmakers have been working on a pair of bills they say could strengthen protections for tenants across New York City’s stock of roughly 1 million rent stabilized apartments. 

Economy

NYC’s Stabilized Tenants Stare Down Further Rent Hikes, Recalling Bloomberg Era 

Emma Whitford | May 3, 2023

The Rent Guidelines Board Tuesday voted in favor of rent hikes between 2 to 5 percent for a one-year lease and 4 to 7 percent for two-year leases. A final vote won’t happen until June, but the preliminary numbers have historically set the goalposts: annual adjustments have fallen within these ranges since 2004, when the board began using them.

Housing and Homelessness

Empty Rent-Stabilized Units in NYC Decreased This Year, as ‘Warehousing’ Debate Rages

David Brand | November 17, 2022

The latest vacancy data now mirrors pre-COVID figures following a “pandemic-height outlier,” according to New York State’s affordable housing agency. The number of empty apartments also matches the vacancy rate prior to landmark 2019 tenant protections that landlords blamed for the spike in empty units last year. 

Housing and Homelessness

Bronx Tenants Still Locked Out of Homes 18 Months After Fire

David Brand | September 28, 2021

Tenants say they fear the property owners are waging a war of attrition, waiting the renters out until they give up, move on and forfeit the rent-regulated apartments.

CITY WIRE: THE BLOG

NYC's Housing Crunch is Part of National Crisis

Jarrett Murphy | April 11, 2014

A new report finds renters are being priced out of housing across the country—not because of a lack of supply, but because of the inadequacy of our incomes.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Arguments Against Rent Regs are Vacant of Facts

Peter Moskos | January 24, 2014

Some say New York could relieve high rents by removing rent regulations. And other people say the world is flat.

Health and Environment

Reeling Before the Storm, Rockaways Complex Eyes Rescue

Hella Winston | November 19, 2012

Ocean Village lost power after Sandy. But danger and deprivation were nothing new to its 1,000-plus residents, who hope a new owner and $110 million in public financing change the tide.

Housing and Homelessness

Affordable Housing 'Maze' Confronts Would-Be Tenants

Patrick Clark | November 22, 2011

The city is in the midst of an historic plan to build affordable housing. But people who want to live in those low-income units face enormous difficulty finding and applying for government-subsidized apartments.

Rent Regulated Housing

Tenants Employ New 'Umbrella of Protection'

Chris Narducci | December 22, 2008

Taking advantage of a new law to help tenants, lawsuits alleging landlord harassment are under way.

Homelessness

Subsidized Tenants Face The Not-For-Rent Sign

Rachel Nielsen | September 15, 2008

Landlords can’t turn away renters if their rent money comes from government assistance. Despite a new law, however, they’re still doing exactly that.

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