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A real estate trust bought single-family homes in gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhoods, renovated, and rented them out at a premium. With the trust now looking to offload the assets, tenants are…

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

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Sep 2023

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Report Explores How Many Eviction Cases One Lawyer Can Juggle

An experienced, full-time tenant lawyer can effectively take on 48 eviction cases per year, according to a highly-anticipated report released Aug. 31 by a state court working group.

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

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Sep 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

SCOTUS Will Soon Toss or Take Rent Stabilization Cases. Here’s What to Know.

The public will likely learn in October if challenges to rent stabilization—from landlords and trade groups including the Community Housing Improvement Program and Rent Stabilization Association—will proceed before the U.S.…

ByEmma Whitford 6Comments

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Aug 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Orgs That Help Tenants Sue Landlords Fear ‘Tone Deaf’ City Contract Changes

Nonprofit legal service providers often file group lawsuits that assist tenants fighting landlord harassment across an entire building. But a new solicitation appears to impose limits on this preferred strategy…

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Jul 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Setting the Record Straight on the Rent Guidelines Board Vote

“This was not a consensus choice. The mayor deliberately stacked the deck in favor of landlords and at the peril of tenants.”

ByAdán Soltren 1Comment

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

‘A Down Payment’: Budget Boost For Tenant Lawyers Falls Short Of Demands

Lawyers who represent tenants facing eviction in housing court are poised to see millions of dollars in new funding in the coming year, yet far less than the roughly $350…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Where NYC’s Council Candidates Stand on Key Housing Issues

As the city faces dual affordable housing and homelessness crises, City Limits asked the candidates’ running in Tuesday’s primary for their stance on a number of key related issues. Are…

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Annual Vote Spells Further Rent Increases For NYC’s Stabilized Tenants

In an unusual twist, the two tenant-aligned members of the Rent Guidelines Board, tenant lawyer Adán Soltren and organizer Genesis Aquino, voted in favor of Wednesday’s increases—3 percent for a…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: The Rent Guidelines Board Sucks. It Could be Great—Here’s How

If the RGB is meant to protect tenants, its record is mixed at best. But the alternative, a city of free market rentals, would be much worse. How can this…

ByAndrew Schustek

ByAvi Garelick 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

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

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…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

A Real Estate Trust Bought Dozens of Brooklyn Brownstones. Now It Wants Out.

Report Explores How Many Eviction Cases One Lawyer Can Juggle

SCOTUS Will Soon Toss or Take Rent Stabilization Cases. Here’s What to Know.

Orgs That Help Tenants Sue Landlords Fear ‘Tone Deaf’ City Contract Changes

Opinion: Setting the Record Straight on the Rent Guidelines Board Vote

‘A Down Payment’: Budget Boost For Tenant Lawyers Falls Short Of Demands

Where NYC’s Council Candidates Stand on Key Housing Issues

Annual Vote Spells Further Rent Increases For NYC’s Stabilized Tenants

Opinion: The Rent Guidelines Board Sucks. It Could be Great—Here’s How

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

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