Ruth Hippolyte thought she’d gotten a good deal when she found a rent-stabilized one-bedroom apartment near Brooklyn College for $1,395….
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RGB Ends Rent Freeze
The Rent Guidelines Board’s two tenant representatives took the lesser of two evils June 27. They sponsored a proposal to….
Siguen las protestas en contra de la rezonificación en Inwood
En agosto pasado, después de una ola de protestas por parte de residentes del vecindario, el Concejo Municipal rechazó un….
Protests Over Inwood Rezoning Continue
Last August, after a wave of protests by neighborhood residents, the City Council defeated a plan to rezone 4650 Broadway….
L.A. Tenants Also Face ‘Construction as Harassment’
Los Angeles has an image as a collection of sprawling suburbs, but it’s actually a city of tenants: It’s second….
Bronx Low-Income Landlord Sued for Illegally Raising Rents
Tenants in a Bronx low-income building that has received almost $3.2 million in 421-a tax breaks are suing their landlord,….
RGB recomienda aumento de alquileres, rechaza reducción
Parece que no habrá otra congelación de alquileres este año. Por una votación de 5 a 4 sin ningún debate,….
San Jose Enacts First Limits on Evictions
Landlords in San Jose, Calif., can no longer evict tenants without a “just cause,” under a law the City Council….
Tenants Lead Qns Climate March
While thousands of people rode buses to Washington for the People’s Climate March April 29, some 250 were trekking more….
RGB Recommends Rent Raise, Rejects Rollback
It doesn’t look like there’s going to be another rent freeze this year. By a 5-4 vote with no debate,….
California Eyes Allowing Stronger Rent Controls
Like New Yorkers, Californians in the state’s main urban areas are suffering from skyrocketing rents in part because state law….
Portland Enacts Eviction Restrictions
Portland, Oregon enacted a law Feb. 2 penalizing landlords who evict tenants without cause or force them out with high….
Inquilinos ejercen presión en el Concejo en pro de proyectos de ley sobre la construcción como hostigamiento
Ya que el Consejo Municipal no ha hecho nada en casi un año con respecto a 12 proyectos de ley….
Tenants Push Council on Construction-as-Harassment Bills
With the City Council having taken no action in almost a year on 12 bills intended to curb “construction as….
Lento progreso en Concejo para proyectos de ley contra hostigamiento
Defiende la Seguridad de Inquilinos (Stand for Tenant Safety, STS), una coalición de más de 20 organizaciones de vivienda, vecinales….