rent regulation

​Samantha Bravo and CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities rally at a Rent Guidelines Board hearing
Affordable Housing
I’ve testified at Rent Guidelines Board hearings since I was 11. Here’s why I won’t stop fighting for tenants’ rights
By Celia Young |July 22, 2025 - 12:30PM
Rent Guidelines Board vote June 30th 2025
Affordable Housing
Rent board approves increases of 3 to 4.5 percent for rent-stabilized units

… By a vote of 54 the Rent Guidelines Board last night approved … leases and up to 45 percent on twoyear leases The decision impacts New York Citys nearly one million … units … The rent increase seems to be in line with what marketrate renters are seeing Eighty percent of …

By Celia Young |July 1, 2025 - 9:30AM
A photo of Anasthasia in her Brooklyn apartment.
Affordable Housing
Winning a small NYC lottery apartment will help me land an even larger place for me and my daughter
By Celia Young |May 29, 2025 - 1:30PM
Tenant protest outside Rent Guidelines Board preliminary vote
Affordable Housing
Rent Guidelines Board intends to raise stabilized rents for a fourth time
By Celia Young |May 1, 2025 - 12:00PM
This is a photograph of spring flowers blooming beside residential buildings in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.
Roommates + Landlords
Should you get a smaller rent increase under Good Cause? A new tool helps you figure it out
By Celia Young |April 24, 2025 - 2:30PM
Historic brick facades of NYC apartment buildings
Affordable Housing
Getting overcharged by a landlord? Here’s how the Tenant Protection Unit helps rent-stabilized tenants
By Celia Young |April 3, 2025 - 10:30AM
Apartment buildings in Soho
Affordable Housing
New Rent Guidelines Board report justifies a rent freeze, tenant advocates claim

… or after October 1st 2025 and on or before September 30th 2026 The report found that between 2022 and 2023 the most … looking at data and analysis  … A rent freeze would be for 2026 … As Brick previously reported enacting a rent freeze … tenants could not see their rent frozen before October 2026 Thats because a new mayor wouldnt be able to appoint …

By Jennifer White Karp |March 28, 2025 - 4:30PM