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Community Meeting Brooklyn: Why is My Rent so High?
Why is My Rent so High?The problems with the rent laws and what we can do about itCommunity Meeting When: Tuesday Nov 14th 6:30-8:30pmWhere: Duryea Presbyterian Church 362 Sterling Ave Brooklyn,...
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Tenants Carol Outside Alcantara’s Office
Tenants faced with rent increases call on Senator Alcantara and the IDC to pass legislation to protect affordable housing amidst crisis.INWOOD, NEW YORK — More than 50 tenants will sing Christmas...
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Tenants from Upstate and Downstate New York State are fighting back!
For the last seven years, Governor Andrew Cuomo has failed to address the housing and homeless crisis. Evictions and homelessness are at record highs. The crisis is not confined to New York City --...
View ArticleWhat is the R3 Coalition?
Real Rent Reform (R3) is a coalition of community based organizations, labor unions, tenant associations, legal support, and political clubs working together for safe, stable, and affordable housing...
View ArticleRent Law Lobby Day - Albany
Get your seat on the bus: https://goo.gl/forms/VIE3gKS2QEH4cb6i2Why go to Albany? Because that is where the politicians are!Why are we doing a lobby day?Rent Stabilization is supposed to limit rent...
View ArticleMEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT: THREE IMPORTANT PRO-TENANT BILLS
There are dozens of bills necessary to strengthen rent and eviction protections and to reverse the phaseout of affordable rental housing in New York City and suburban counties. Numerous deregulation...
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Corey Johnson Pledges to Push Albany on Rent Laws
Corey Johnson Pledges to Push Albany on Rent LawsNew City Council Speaker Corey Johnson has vowed to join tenant advo- cates in a campaign to pressure the state to strengthen its rent-regulation...
View ArticleWhy We Can’t Wait: Rent Laws Must Be Fixed This Year
On February 9, the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development submitted initial findings from the 2017 Housing and Vacancy Survey to the City Council’s Housing Committee. The survey,...
View ArticleNew York Times Explains Problems with the Rent Laws
Behind New York’s Housing Crisis: Weakened Laws and Fragmented Regulation (really cool graphics)The Eviction Machine Churning Through New York City Where Brooklyn Tenants Plead the Case for Keeping...
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Legislature Adjourns Without Acting on Tenant Bills
Republished from the July/August 2018 Tenant/Inquillino NewspaperBy: Michael McKeePublished: July 2018City Council Speaker Corey Johnson addresses a rally of New York City loft tenants in Albany May...
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IDC Wiped Out: Six of the Eight Turncoat State Senate Democrats Go Down in...
The crowd at the Bronx Ale House erupted in cheers and shouts. Some danced or jumped up and down, although the bar was so crowded that could have gotten someone hurt. Every eye was focused on one of...
View ArticleOssining Opts Into Rent Stabilization
On September 5, the trustees of the Westchester County village of Ossining voted to opt into the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974, in the first major expansion of rent stabilization in New...
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Upcoming Events
Tue, Oct 30th 7pm- Housing Justice Town Hall: Bay RidgePS/IS 30, the Mary White Ovington School 7002 4th Ave BrooklynMore information and to RSVPMon, Nov 12th 1-4pm- Canvasing for Universal Rent Laws...
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IDC Wiped Out Six of the Eight Turncoat State Senate Democrats Go Down in...
IDC Wiped Out Six of the Eight Turncoat State Senate Democrats Go Down in Primary By: Michael McKee Published: October 2018/Tenant/InquillinoThe crowd at the Bronx Ale House erupted in cheers and...
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IDC arrasada Seis de los ocho demócratas renegados del Senado estatal...
IDC arrasada Seis de los ocho demócratas renegados del Senado estatal derrotados en las elecciones primarias By: Michael McKee Published: October 2018 from Tenant/inquillinoTraducido por Lightning...
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Democrats, WFP Roll to Strong Majority in State Senate
Democrats, WFP Roll to Strong Majority in State Senate By: Kenny Schaefferfrom Jessica Ramos for New York State SenateWith turnout up almost 50 percent from four years ago, voters in New York State...
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Tenants Brave Snow to March for Stronger Rent Laws
Tenants Brave Snow to March for Stronger Rent LawsBy: Kathleen Wakeham Published: December 2018On the evening of Nov. 15, hundreds of tenants braved fast-falling snow and rivers of slush in Lower...
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Housing Justice For All Platform
The Upstate-Downstate Housing Alliance is fighting for greater tenant protections for all New York residents. We believe that housing is a human right; that all people should live without the fear of...
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What been happening?
'Cuomo, We're at War!' Brooklyn Tenants Demand Rent Control (Brooklyn Reader) Jan 24, 2019Could New York City-style rent control be coming to Upstate NY? (Syracuse) Jan 24, 2019Democratic lawmakers...
View ArticleUNIVERSAL RENT CONTROL Platform
We believe that housing is a human right; that all people should live without the fear of eviction; and that strengthening renters’ rights is critical to strong neighborhoods, educational and health...
View ArticleWe Won!
This is a victory decades in the making and an affirmation that people power can defeat the formidable landlord lobby.The agreement, reached by the Senate and Assembly, will have far reaching impacts...
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