New York state budget greenlights more condo conversions, new housing vouchers, but no down payment assistance

… Some New York City renters could gain a path to buying their apartments under legislation passed in the whopping $254 … housing voucher programthat could have major impacts on NYC housing in the coming years The budget includes some big …   Bebhinn Francis an organizer at United Tenants of Albany and a longtime campaigner for HAVP said she feared …

By Celia Young |May 22, 2025 - 10:30AM
NYC defends broker fee law against 'unpersuasive' REBNY lawsuit in court

… the law which shifts the burden of paying broker fees from renters to landlordsreduces a significant barrier renters … find housingmoved to join the case in support of the FARE Act  The organization argues that broker fees are an …

By Celia Young |February 28, 2025 - 3:30PM
NYC broker fee bill becomes law without Adams’s signature

… sign off Adams declined to sign the Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses FARE Act within a 30day window after approval by the City Council …

By Celia Young |December 16, 2024 - 3:00PM
NYC mayoral hopefuls want a rent freeze, but tenants may have to wait until 2026

… At least three candidates for New York City mayor have backed freezing the rent at the citys roughly one million rentstabilized … are capped by the Rent Guidelines Board a ninemember board of mayoral appointees that voted to raise rents earlier this …

By Celia Young |December 10, 2024 - 5:00PM