Could a more careful online search have stopped the ‘Monster Tenant’?

… even more complicated as a result of an effort to reduce housing discrimination The Fair Chance for Housing Act which … provides a renters credit criminal and eviction histories NYC landlords need to do a credit check first then look into … who feel they are being discriminated against can  file a complaint with the NYC Commission on Human Rights or a …

By Jennifer White Karp |December 19, 2024 - 9:30AM
How NYC’s new rent reforms affect you even if you’re not a stabilized tenant: A blacklist ban, security deposit limit, & more

… New Yorks landmark rent reforms didnt go as far as extending protections to marketrate tenants through the good cause eviction bill … universal rent control would have been unprecedented However there are some changes in the rent reform package …

By Emily Myers |December 24, 2019 - 10:00AM
New law says NY landlords cannot reject you for being on the 'tenant blacklist'—but they might try anyway

… Lets say that years ago you withheld rent in order to force your landlord to do provide heat to a … housing court You may have found that you have had trouble renting ever since because that trip to housing court landed … expecteither through nonpayment of rent or breaching the leaseand it has given landlords lots of power Now as a …

By Emily Myers |July 17, 2019 - 9:00AM