Hochul signs new housing laws to protect NYCHA and market-rate tenants

… one that would notify New York City public housing tenants of unsafe drinking water following an arsenic scare … Housing Authority told the 2600 tenants at the Jacob Riis Houses that the agency had found arsenic in the complexs tap water two weeks before notifying residents One week later City Hall officials …

By Celia Young |November 21, 2023 - 11:00AM
How to make sense of your CityFHEPS voucher paperwork

… Renting an apartment with a housing voucher can be a Herculean task … some of a tenants rentassists those making at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line who are facing … For example if youre approved by HRA to look for a twobedroom apartment you can rent one for no more than $2696 if …

By Celia Young |August 29, 2023 - 9:30AM
Jersey City vs. Hoboken: Which neighborhood is for you?

… it makes just as much sense to look in New Jersey as it does the outer boroughs But in recent years New Jersey has … account for this rising prices in North Brooklyn and Long Island City and a surge of amenitypacked new development along … Jersey City rents in 2018 and since then average rents have increased approximately 42 percent per year she says adding …

By Evelyn Battaglia |August 21, 2023 - 2:30PM