Rent increases of 3.25 percent and 5 percent for stabilized tenants are the biggest in a decade

… stabilized apartments can now expect rent increases at lease renewal time of 325 percent for oneyear leases and 5 percent … process and tonight our city has failed them she said  … Landlords not satisfied  … The increases leave landlords …

By Emily Myers |June 22, 2022 - 12:30PM
Housing lottery commences for 225 new apartments near Yankee Stadium

… are open through the affordable housing lottery  for  225 newly constructed apartments at River Crest Apartments 1164 … free broadband internet Tenants will have to pay for electricity The developers have set aside 50 percent of the … Note Brick Underground is in no way affiliated with New York Citys Department of Housing Preservation and …

By Emily Myers |June 2, 2022 - 9:30AM
Housing lottery opens for 80 new apartments in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

… An affordable housing lottery  opened for 80 newly constructed apartments at 539 Vanderbilt Ave in Brooklyn   for applicants who meet income … for these apartments is $1683 The distinctive twistedframe building has 29stories and is at the junction of Atlantic …

By Emily Myers |May 19, 2022 - 9:30AM
Buy your rental building? A proposed law could help you and neighbors get first shot at being owners

… What if your rental apartment building was for sale and you and your neighbors had first crack at buying it … Senator Zellnor Myrie whose district includes parts of Brooklyn and it  would ensure property owners wanting to …

By Emily Myers |April 28, 2022 - 10:00AM
Section 8 rent assistance vouchers: A guide for New Yorkers

… financially but Section 8 housing vouchers and the myriad programs that administer them can be complicated and … in the city More than 550000 New Yorkers are served by NYCHAs public housing and Section 8 programs In addition at … programs Under the agencys housing choice voucher process approved tenants are issued a voucher find an apartment that …

By Emily Myers |April 13, 2022 - 12:30PM