In New York, it’s illegal to discriminate against renters or apartment-seekers who pay rent with public assistance. That applies to lots of kinds of vouchers and subsidies, including CityFHEPS, Section 8, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and more. The law that protects renters applies not just to landlords and property owners, but to real estate brokers […]
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Posted inHousing
Supreme Court Won’t Take Up Landlords’ Challenge to New York’s Rent Regulations
Property owners argued that 2019 reforms violated their rights and is “destroying” housing. Yet profits are still plentiful.
Posted inHousing
Airbnb’s Sidelined in NYC. That Probably Won’t Stop Illegal Short-Term Rentals.
A new registration law that goes into effect Tuesday targets major online platforms, but listings are already proliferating elsewhere, challenging the city’s understaffed enforcement agency.
Posted inEvictions
NYCHA Sends Eviction Notices to Tenants Who Stopped Paying Rent
Facing a half-billion dollars in rent arrears, the cash-strapped public housing agency has sent 1,250 notices so far.
Posted inRent
Why Are NYC Rents So High? It’s Complicated
COVID spurred many tenants to vacate city apartments, but changing rent laws and rising interest rates are among factors now encouraging people to stay put — with few new apartments available.
Posted inRent Guidelines Board
Rent Board Approves 3% Hike for Stabilized Tenants
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.
Posted inNYCHA
NYCHA Rent Hikes Coming for Tenants Deemed ‘Over Income’
Last week, the Housing Authority sent notices to 290 households with higher income saying they must pay higher rent, and foot the bill for utilities.
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.