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Twin Parks Fire Survivor Says City Told Her To Leave Hotel

Oct. 5, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 4, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

While dozens of families have been successfully relocated to new housing, one survivor says she was forced out of her hotel after the city couldn’t match her previous apartment.

Rent Guidelines Board

What Albany Did and Didn’t Do on Rent and Housing This Session

June 5, 2022, 7:46 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

Both ‘good cause’ and a tax break for developers are doomed, and other things tenants should know about what made the cut in the state capital.

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NYC Apartment Vacancy Rate Jumps Up, But ‘Housing Emergency’ Status Survives

May 17, 2022, 7:35 p.m.May 18, 2022, 9:57 a.m.

Highlights from the 2021 Housing and Vacancy Survey, a key study of the city’s housing stock and its affordability.

Rent

Lease Hikes Are Coming: Your Guide on the Rent Board’s Next Move

May 10, 2022, 3:43 p.m.May 10, 2022, 3:43 p.m.

The Rent Guidelines Board will hold two public hearings in June before a final vote on rent regulated lease renewals. Here’s how to testify.

A row of South Bronx tenement buildings held a mix of apartments and businesses on he ground floor.

Housing

Rent Hikes Between 2.7% and 9% Floated by Guidelines Board Staff in Set-Up to Final Vote

April 14, 2022, 8:04 p.m.April 14, 2022, 9:40 p.m.

The new figures are a guide for the nine-member Rent Guidelines Board before they make a preliminary recommendation in May, then a final vote on rent guidelines in June.

Rent Guidelines Board

In Adams, Landlords See Hope for a Rent Hike on Regulated Apts as Bills Pile Up

April 11, 2022, 7:28 p.m.April 12, 2022, 12:38 p.m.

The Rent Guidelines Board kept rent increases historically low during the de Blasio istration. The board must vote on rent prices by July 1, and Mayor Eric Adams’ recent appointees are worrying tenant advocates.

The Open Newsroom

Get Your Rent Questions Answered on Monday, March 21

March 15, 2022, 5:45 p.m.March 15, 2022, 5:47 p.m.

THE CITY’s Open Newsroom for an off-the-record conversation with housing experts as we talk about rent hikes, ERAP, evictions and more.

How to New York

More Money? Pushy Landlord? Your Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) Questions Answered

March 7, 2022, 8:10 p.m.May 14, 2024, 3:45 p.m.

The backlog is thousands deep, and even those who got approved for funds have hit snags. Here’s your ERAP update from THE CITY’s Rent Updates newsletter.

How to New York

As Eviction Pause Ends in New York, Here’s What Tenants Should Know

Jan. 14, 2022, 9:52 a.m.Oct. 13, 2023, 2:53 p.m.

More than 200,000 eviction cases currently pending in city housing courts could begin to move forward again as early as Tuesday. Read this if yours may be one of them.

Rent

Tenants and Landlords Call on Hochul to Reopen Rent Relief Applications as Eviction Crisis Looms

Nov. 22, 2021, 6:47 p.m.Nov. 22, 2021, 6:47 p.m.

Both sides agree that residents should be able to file for help even as the governor seeks a billion dollars from the federals to kickstart the pandemic aid. Meanwhile, debts and concerns mount as eviction moratorium end nears.

Rent

Twin Parks Fire Survivor Says City Told Her To Leave Hotel

What Albany Did and Didn’t Do on Rent and Housing This Session

NYC Apartment Vacancy Rate Jumps Up, But ‘Housing Emergency’ Status Survives

Lease Hikes Are Coming: Your Guide on the Rent Board’s Next Move

Rent Hikes Between 2.7% and 9% Floated by Guidelines Board Staff in Set-Up to Final Vote

In Adams, Landlords See Hope for a Rent Hike on Regulated Apts as Bills Pile Up

Get Your Rent Questions Answered on Monday, March 21

More Money? Pushy Landlord? Your Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) Questions Answered

As Eviction Pause Ends in New York, Here’s What Tenants Should Know

Tenants and Landlords Call on Hochul to Reopen Rent Relief Applications as Eviction Crisis Looms

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