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The Market

Manhattan median rent hit $4,700 in July, the fifth record in six months

By Jennifer White Karp |August 14, 2025 - 9:30AM

L-shaped divider with shelves and a sliding door from Manhattan Pressurized Walls

Roommates + Landlords

Temporary bookshelf walls to divide a room legally: A guide for NYC renters

By Evelyn Battaglia |July 15, 2025 - 10:30AM

Young woman using laptop at new apartment, with moving boxes around.

Roommates + Landlords

Didn't get your security deposit returned in NYC? A new chatbot can help

By Celia Young |July 7, 2025 - 11:00AM

Roommates + Landlords

How to break the lease for your NYC rental apartment

By Evelyn Battaglia |June 16, 2025 - 10:30AM

New York City, East Village Apartment Buildings

Roommates + Landlords

Rental assistance program helps NYC tenants pay back $1 million in arrears, avoid eviction

By Celia Young |June 5, 2025 - 11:30AM

Looking down on New York streets from the top of a skyscraper

New Construction + Condos

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

By Celia Young |May 22, 2025 - 10:30AM

Building facades in New York in winter view from street

Affordable Housing

Delayed Section 8 payments could worsen discrimination against tenants, NYC attorneys warn

… Thousands of lowincome tenants in New York City rely on federally … federal government on February 1st and March 1st and paid landlords on the third according to a spokesperson … NYCHAs website now informs landlords and tenants that NYCHA will process payments to landlords within one business day …

By Celia Young |March 21, 2025 - 4:00PM

A rendering of the seven-story development in the East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens.

Affordable Housing

Senior housing lottery launches for 73 rent-stabilized units in East Elmhurst

… applications are open for 73 rentstabilized apartments for seniors at a new development in East Elmhurst Queens … selected for a unit All of the apartments are reserved for seniorseither individuals who are 62 years old or older or … some advice from successful applicants read How to land a rental apartment through NYCs affordable housing lottery And …

By Celia Young |March 13, 2025 - 12:30PM