Affordable Housing

Construction works on Fifth Avenue (5th Avenue) with heavy industrial machines and workers in Manhattan in New York City, USA
The Market
NYC launches program to help developers finance new affordable rental developments
By Celia Young |January 8, 2024 - 11:00AM
Exterior view of historic brick buildings along Duane Street in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City NYC
Affordable Housing
What the end of the ‘Frankenstein loophole’ means for NYC renters

… the socalled Frankenstein loophole which allowed landlords to hike rents by combining apartments But its language isnt … and challenge illegal rent hikes and adjusts how a tenants family member can inherit a rentstabilized lease  While S2980C …

By Celia Young |January 5, 2024 - 2:45PM
A rendering of the 23-story building at 266 West 96th Street.
Affordable Housing
Housing lottery opens for 52 apartments in a new development on the Upper West Side
By Celia Young |January 4, 2024 - 9:30AM
A rendering of 142 South Portland.
Affordable Housing
Housing lottery opens for 87 rent-stabilized units in Fort Greene
By Celia Young |December 21, 2023 - 12:30PM
Aerial shot of Newburgh, a small city in the Hudson River Valley in Orange County, New York on a cloudy autumn afternoon.
Affordable Housing
Why one upstate city is saying yes to rent stabilization
By Celia Young |December 21, 2023 - 9:30AM
Residential district in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, with the distant view on Freedom Tower in Lower Manhattan.
Affordable Housing
New program offers cash to NYC landlords to renovate vacant rent-regulated apartments
By Celia Young |December 19, 2023 - 4:15PM
A rendering of the 34-story building at 50 East 112th St.
Affordable Housing
Housing lottery launches for 276 apartments in an East Harlem Passive House development
By Celia Young |December 14, 2023 - 12:30PM
A rendering of the 15-story development in Mott Haven, the Betances family apartments.
Affordable Housing
Housing lottery launches for 64 apartments at a new development in the Bronx
By Celia Young |December 7, 2023 - 9:30AM
A rendering of the lobby at 375 Dean Street.
Affordable Housing
Housing lottery launches for 36 units in Park Slope, Brooklyn
By Celia Young |November 30, 2023 - 9:30AM
Young woman, signing a contract during an meeting with a male real estate agent
Roommates + Landlords
My landlord never signed the lease for my rent-stabilized apartment. Is this a problem?
By Celia Young |November 22, 2023 - 2:30PM