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Evictions Resume Upstate
Upstate tenants organized to protect people from evictions and demand a systematic solution to the housing crisis caused by COVID-19.
CSS Report: ‘Social Housing’ Is Alternative to ‘Vulture’ Investment
Tenants could be protected from sudden rent increases by removing their buildings from the unstable real-estate cycle.
Are There Enough Warehoused Apartments to House City’s Homeless?
Data from CHIP shows enough empty apartments to house all homeless New Yorkers When it comes to New York City’s….
‘Eviction Cliff’ Looms Nationwide If Moratorium and Benefits Expire
Housing agencies estimate that as many as 20 million tenants could face eviction proceedings without action.
New York State Election Results Give Hope to Tenants, Progressives
Democrats gain supermajority in both houses Both houses of the New York State Legislature should be more pro-tenant when their….
Evictions Resume Amid Worsening Pandemic
If the expiring state and federal limits on evictions are not renewed, tens of thousands of additional families will face losing their homes beginning January 3, in the dead of winter and during the worst health crisis this city has seen since 1918.
State Enacts 4-Month Moratorium on COVID-Related Evictions
In a last-minute session before temporary limits on evictions expired at the end of the year, the New York State….
Federal Judge Rejects Challenge to Rent Laws; Landlords Will Appeal
A federal judge Sept. 30 dismissed a lawsuit by two landlord organizations who claimed that the stronger rent laws enacted….
Matthew Abuelo
West Side Housing Activist, 45 The housing movement lost a dedicated and longtime advocate August 17 with the passing of….
Sunset Park Stops Industry City Rezoning Scheme
After intense public resistance from the Sunset Park community, Industry City CEO Andrew Kimball announced Sept. 22 that he was….
‘The Eviction Crisis Is Starting to Happen,’ Upstate Activists Say
The long-feared pandemic-fueled eviction crisis is starting to hit upstate New York, housing advocates and activists say. There are already….
Sunset Park frena plan de rezonificación de Industry City
Después de una resistencia pública intensa por parte de la comunidad en Sunset Park, el director general de Industry City,….
Ocupaciones por los sin techo en Filadelfia ganan promesa de vivienda de la ciudad
FILADELFIA—En un campamento de personas sin techo en el Norte de Filadelfia, los organizadores Jennifer Bennetch y Sterling Johnson se….
Philadelphia Homeless Occupations Win Housing Promise From City
PHILADELPHIA—At a homeless encampment in North Philadelphia, organizers Jennifer Bennetch and Sterling Johnson seek shelter from pouring rain under blue….
Harlem Tenants Protest Landlord’s ‘House of Horrors’
Tenants in three Harlem buildings plagued by broken elevators, collapsing ceilings, and infestations of cockroaches and mice dressed as ghouls and goblins to stage a Halloween–themed protest.