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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.

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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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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May 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Rent Board’s Subtle Move Revives ‘Vacancy Bonus’

A one-word change in a preliminary document could lead to a court fight over what the 2019 rent law really said.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Rent Freeze Moves Forward: Watch The Key Rent Guidelines Board Vote

The board voted to authorize a rent freeze on one-year leases and the first year of two-year leases, with the second year on those leases capped at 1 percent.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Apr 2020

Economy Housing and Homelessness

City’s Small Businesses Need Rent Stabilization to Survive COVID-19, Advocates Say

In 1945, near the end of the WWII, the city instituted commercial rent control as an emergency wartime measure, authorized by the state. Advocates are calling for a similar response…

ByBridget Bartolini 4Comments

28

Mar 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Two RGB Members Agree with Mayor—NYC Needs a Rent Freeze Now

‘New Yorkers who live in rent-regulated units, the vast majority of whom have only low or moderate incomes, must be protected from the destructive financial impact of the coronavirus.’

ByLeah Goodridge

BySheila Garcia 8Comments

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Oct 2019

Housing and Homelessness

There Was a Dramatic Rewriting of the Rent Laws. What’s the Impact Been?

Is reality matching those predictions? Is it too early to tell? Have government agencies caught up with the dramatic reorientation of rent policies that the legislature approved?

ByCity Limits 5Comments

18

Jul 2019

Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

Housing Update: Landlord Lawsuit Challenges Entire Stabilization System

The housing news you might have missed this week.

ByHarry DiPrinzio 1Comment

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Jun 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Passing Rent Reform Was One Thing. Now it Has to be Enforced.

Sweeping rent reforms are now law. Exactly how the letter of that legislation translates into reality will depend in large part on how the state’s Division of Homes and Community…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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May 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Most of the Rent Regulations Debate is Pretty Simple. Then There are MCIs.

MCIs can be used to effect necessary repairs on rent-stabilized buildings. And MCIs can be used to get around rent guidelines and permanently hike what tenants pay. In theory, at…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

Bronx Tenants Still Locked Out of Homes 18 Months After Fire

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

Rent Board’s Subtle Move Revives ‘Vacancy Bonus’

Rent Freeze Moves Forward: Watch The Key Rent Guidelines Board Vote

City’s Small Businesses Need Rent Stabilization to Survive COVID-19, Advocates Say

Opinion: Two RGB Members Agree with Mayor—NYC Needs a Rent Freeze Now

There Was a Dramatic Rewriting of the Rent Laws. What’s the Impact Been?

Housing Update: Landlord Lawsuit Challenges Entire Stabilization System

Passing Rent Reform Was One Thing. Now it Has to be Enforced.

Most of the Rent Regulations Debate is Pretty Simple. Then There are MCIs.

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