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Jul 2021

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

24

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

09

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

02

Jun 2021

Government Health Housing and Homelessness

Over 7,000 New Yorkers Apply for COVID Rent Relief in Program’s First Four Hours

The opening of the long-awaited Emergency Rental Assistance Program was marred by technical glitches and error messages on the state’s online application portal.

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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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

17

May 2021

Housing and Homelessness News Uncategorized

Ready Your Documents: What to Know to Apply for New York Rent Relief

It’s not yet clear when the state’s latest COVID-19 rent relief program will open to applicants, though officials are expecting it to launch by the end of May. In the…

ByDavid Brand 29Comments

04

May 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

State Lawmakers Vote to Extend Eviction Moratorium Through August, as Tenants Await Rent Relief Funds

The State Assembly and Senate passed a bill Monday that would extend the moratorium on most evictions—protections that lapsed May 1—through the end of August. A separate state initiative to…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

02

Apr 2021

Economy Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New York’s Pandemic Aid Must Go Toward Truly Helping Tenants

‘Our state leaders were handed an incredible opportunity to confront an unprecedented global health crisis that has hit New Yorkers hard. We are calling on them not to squander it…

ByVincia Barber 1Comment

03

Mar 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

The Waiting Game for Pandemic Rent Relief in New York

State lawmakers are taking a third pass at amending the rent relief program to reach more people, but some housing advocates – who are calling for the cancellation of rent–…

BySadef Ali Kully 9Comments

12

Jan 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Cuomo’s 2021 Agenda Should Focus on Looming Evictions Crisis, Housing Advocates Say

In his Monday speech, Cuomo spoke vaguely about providing resources to tenants and small landlords. He made specific reference only to his proposal to outlaw fees on overdue rent—which does…

ByJarrett Murphy 7Comments

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