The New York City Housing Authority has temporarily postponed plans to lease land for luxury housing in eight public-housing projects….
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Mayoral Hopefuls Offer Limited Specifics on Housing
If New York’s next mayor were selected based on the applause they got when they talked about housing at a….
Evictions Rise Again in City
City marshals evicted more than 28,700 residential tenants in New York City last year, according to Department of Investigation figures….
Stuy-Town Owners Agree to Pay $69 Million for Rent Overcharges
After a year and a half of negotiations, the owners of Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village have agreed to pay tenants….
Chinatown Group to Keep Pushing for Low-Income Housing
The City Council voted unanimously Oct. 11 to approve a massive Lower East Side development plan, but neighborhood activists vow….
Hoboken to Vote on Vacancy Decontrol
Next month, voters in Hoboken, N.J., will decide on whether to change the city’s rent-control law to allow a complex….
California Outlaws Online-Only Rent Payments
California has enacted a law prohibiting landlords from requiring tenants to pay rent online. The State Senate and the Assembly….
Bronx Mitchell-Lama Tenants Fight 65% Rent Increase
Two days before they were to be hit with the first installment of a 65 percent rent increase, tenants at….
Landlord Agrees to Add Lesbian Tenant’s Wife to Rent-Stabilized Lease
Regina Hawkins-Balducci has finally gotten her wife’s name on their lease—but she had to threaten to sue her landlord first…..
Ecuador Struggles to Guarantee Housing Rights
In August, I spent three weeks in Ecuador with the Cultural Caravan for Peace & Solidarity Through Latin America, a….
Espada, Other Dems Well Paid for Blocking Rent-Law Reform
Real-estate money accounts for nearly half of state Sen. Pedro Espada’s campaign funds, according to state Board of Elections figures….
Court Says Gluck Illegally Raised IPN Rents
Overruling a decision by the state housing agency, State Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman on Aug. 30 ruled that it….
Inquilinos ‘ocupan’ la RGB mientras ésta aprueba un aumento de 4% y un impuesto de pobres
“Chequeo de micrófono” fue la llamada de la parte de atrás del salón, junto con cantos de “Congelación de alquileres”,….
Tenants ‘Occupy’ the RGB As It Votes 4% Increase and Poor Tax
“Mic check” came the call from the back of the hall, coupled with chants of “Rent Freeze,” “The Rent Is….
Homelessness Hits Modern Record, Coalition Says
The average number of people staying in New York’s homeless shelters soared past 40,000 in the last year, the most….