City doubles list of slumlorded apartments. Is rent stabilization to blame?

… Many renters have an occasional beef with their landlord Some … and Preservation commissioner you are officially paying rent to a slumlord The report finds that the worst 200 … landlords side  Housing advocates WAKE UP Doesnt this prove rent stabilization IS A STUPID SYSTEM THAT DOESNT ACHIEVE …

By A. Ready |February 4, 2011 - 3:47PM
3 reasons you might not owe rent after all

… Lets be clear A lease is a legal document in which you the renter agree to pay a fixed amount of rent in exchange for … will go down to the legal regulated rent even if the rent listed in your lease is higher … 2 Your building isnt zoned … would violate the … Housing Maintenance Code … particularly class C violations which are the most serious says Wagner …

By Teri Karush Rogers |January 3, 2011 - 6:54AM
Are YOU my landlord?
By A. Ready |November 3, 2010 - 3:24PM