While the increase is at the lower end of the range the RGB previously had proposed, it’s larger than any hike from the de Blasio years.
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Posted inRent Guidelines Board, South Bronx, The Bronx
Tenants Protest Looming Hike as Landlords Duck Bronx Rent Board Hearing
Not a single person spoke in favor of the board’s proposed rent increases at a sparse but vocal airing of testimony at Hostos Community College.
Posted inRent Guidelines Board
Rent Guidelines Board Approves 2% to 5% Increase on One-Year Leases
In this preliminary vote, the board also approved 4% to 7% maximum increases on two-year leases. A final vote is coming next month.
Posted inHousing
Tenants and Landlords Make Pitch to Rent Guidelines Board Ahead of First Hike Vote
Eviction fears and operating cost inflation fuel an unusually sharp clash in testimony to panel that will decide rent hikes potentially as high as 8.5% next year.
Posted inHow to New York
How the Rent Guidelines Board Sets the Price on Your Next Lease
The nine-person board is about to take its preliminary vote, then hear rowdy input from the public. As the city’s affordability crisis worsens, the process is set to be as tense as ever in 2023.
Posted inLandlords, Manhattan, Rent Guidelines Board, Rent Stabilization, Tenants
East Village Tenants Say New Landlord Is Pushing Them Out
Long-time residents say they’re being hit with huge rent increases that have unsettled their lives and forced some of them to leave the building.
Posted inRent
Landlords Demand Major Rent Increase After Dismal Housing Report
The Rent Guidelines Board finds an increase in the number of financially stressed rent-regulated buildings.
Posted inHousing
Rent Guidelines Board 3.25% Hike Is Biggest in Nearly a Decade
Tenants jeer jump in regulated rents — which landlords say is necessary to counter inflation but still doesn’t cover rising costs.
Posted inAlbany, Evictions, Rent, Rent Guidelines Board
What Albany Did and Didn’t Do on Rent and Housing This Session
Both ‘good cause’ and a tax break for developers are doomed, and other things tenants should know about what made the cut in the state capital.
Posted inRent
Lease Hikes Are Coming: Your Guide on the Rent Board’s Next Move
The Rent Guidelines Board will hold two public hearings in June before a final vote on rent regulated lease renewals. Here’s how to testify.