Scores of Chinatown residents and supporters marched from Cherry Street to City Hall Jan. 20 to demand that the city….
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Jersey City Considering Stronger Rent Controls
Jersey City is considering strengthening its rent-control law. A 43-page draft ordinance released Jan. 24 by a special City Council….
Rochester, Kingston Take Steps Toward Rent Stabilization
Rochester, New York State’s third-largest city, is about to take the first step toward enacting rent stabilization. In late November,….
City Evictions Drop Under New Rent Laws
The number of eviction cases filed in New York City has fallen by almost half since new tenant protection laws….
Occupy Albany!
Tenants in Albany with the Housing Justice for All campaign on May 14 also occupied the offices of several lawmakers….
Houston Land Trust Begins Selling Limited-Equity Homes
For decades, Houston had a reputation as a city where unzoned sprawl enabled people to afford housing. That has changed….
Zoning Reform Not Enough, Massachusetts Tenants Say
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s bill to increase housing production by making it easier for local governments to change zoning has….
Six Cab Drivers Commit Suicide From ‘Financial Despair’
Six drivers in the New York City taxi industry have committed suicide since last December, driven by what New York….
California Assembly Kills Eviction-Protection Bills
The California Assembly on May 31 defeated two bills that would have outlawed evictions without a cause and closed loopholes….
Tenants Protest Signature Bank Financing Predatory Landlords
Lower East Side tenants and supporters protested outside Signature Bank’s annual shareholders meeting in midtown Manhattan April 25, demanding that….
Californians Push Rent-Control Initiatives
With housing costs in major California metropolitan areas arguably sky- rocketing faster than New York’s, efforts are underway to put….
City Has Lost 30% of Public-Housing Heat Workers
Before public-housing residents experienced severe problems with heat and hot water this winter, the New York City Housing Authority had….
Three Important Pro-Tenant Bills in Albany
There are dozens of bills pending in the state legislature to strengthen rent and eviction protections, and to reverse the….
Chicago Activists Try to End State Ban on Rent Control
With housing prices in Chicago escalating, local activists are taking the first steps to end the state’s ban on local….
Bushwick Landlord Fined $132G for Illegal Buyouts
Two Brooklyn landlords have agreed to pay $132,000 is restitution for harassing tenants at three Bushwick buildings they bought last….