Governor Kathy Hochul signs a bill to convert unused hotels into affordable housing to ease homelessness (amNewYork)
Jackson Heights tenants displaced by an eight-alarm fire last April face mold and bedbugs in a hotel while they wait to return home (Curbed)
New Yorkers need to earn an annual salary of at least $157,000 to afford the median rent in Manhattan (New York Post)
Kingston, New York, may soon declare a housing emergency and implement rent stabilization for some buildings (The Real Deal)
An estimated 450 households go without water due to a main break in Long Island City (Gothamist)
What it's like living in Easton, Pennsylvania, a history city with low property taxes (The New York Times)
Austin Havens-Bowen
Staff Writer
Staff writer Austin Havens-Bowen covers the rental market and answers renters' questions in a column called Realty Bites. He previously reported on local news for the Queens Ledger and The Hunts Point Express in the Bronx. He graduated from Hunter College with a BA in media studies. He rents a one-bedroom apartment in Astoria with his boyfriend and their two cats.
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