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Arguments Against Rent Regulation Are Vacant of Facts
Read City Limits' article, "Arguments Against Rent Regulation Are Vacant of Facts."Some say New York could relieve high rents by removing rent regulations. And other people say the world is flat.By...
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Citywide Housing Meeting Wednesday
CITYWIDE HOUSING MEETING WEDNESDAYEverybody knows how bad the Bloomberg years were for our communities. Despite building "affordable housing," our former mayor plunged us into the city’s worst housing...
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Tenants shut down landlord event
TENANTS SHUT DOWN LANDLORD EVENTAmid rumors that nearly 200 angry tenants planned to disrupt the first annual Landlord Symposium, the Barclays Center decided not to host the event for fear of "bad...
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Nassau County Tenant Rally to Keep Homes
The predominately black and Hispanic residents of the working class enclave in Great Neck in Nassau County have fought for decades to keep their rent stabilized homes. The landlords filed a petition to...
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Petition & Rally for Rent Freeze in 2014!
IS 2014 THE YEAR TENANTS WIN RENT FREEZE? Rally on March 27 at the Rent Guidelines Board. When Bill de Blasio called for a rent freeze, some balked at the idea. At that time, most pundits felt de...
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De Blasio's Housing Appointments
Mayor de Blasio has named heads of the New York City Housing Authority, the Housing and Preservation Department, and the NYC Planning Commission.Shola Olatoye (top left) is now the NYCHA chair, and was...
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TELL ASSEMBLY TO CLOSE LLC LOOPHOLE
STOP LANDLORD CASH FROM FLOODING ALBANYLast year, the tenant movement made headlines with a report that showed how landlords flood Albany with cash. State leaders have agreed that our elections need...
View ArticleNY Times: Vacancy destabilization depleting affordable apartments
In New York, Push for Market-Rate Housing Pits Landlords Against Tenants - excerptBy Mireya Navarro, Feb. 24. 2014 . . . by far the most common way an apartment becomes market rate, according to data...
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Tenants Oppose Landlord "Schooling"
NY Daily NewsLandlord conference that got pulled from Barclays Center after planned protests goes on at Manhattan hotelAbout 300 property owners and managers gathered for the LandlordsNY symposium on...
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Affordable Housing Advocates Demand Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning
The Epoch TimesAffordable Housing Advocates Call for Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning in NYCBy Holly Kellum | March 9, 2014NEW YORK—Residents and community groups converged on the steps on City Hall March...
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March 27 at 9 AM: RENT FREEZE RALLY at RGB
2014: YEAR OF THE RENT FREEZEA Report of Tenant Experiences_____________________________Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 9 AM sharp!1 Centre Street (the Municipal Building) RALLY & PRESS CONFERENCE...
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Mayor Appoints 5 New Members to Rent Guidelines Board
Tenants need a freeze - not an increase - for leases to be renewed for the year beginning October 1, 2014.NY Daily News: Mayor de Blasio names five to NYC Rent Guidelines Board BY CELESTE KATZ NEW...
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Only 5 Affordable Devpts in Bklyn in 4 years (but lots of tax subsidies)
THE REAL DEAL (and see the NY Daily News)Brooklyn affordability study calls for more below-market unitsJaron Benjamin of Met CouncilOnly 6% of the nearly 4,440 units built were affordable for low and...
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How NY Can Solve its Affordable Housing Crisis
How NYC Can Solve Its Affordable Housing Crisisvia Stefan Georgi / FlickrBy Steve WishniaHow can New York City solve its shortage of affordable housing? Simple: Preserve the cheaper housing we already...
View ArticleReal Affordability for All Rally at Noon - Thursday, April 24
Join other tenants and housing advocates on noon on the City Hall Steps.The Real Affordability for All (RAFA) Campaign will present a housing policy platform to help solve our city's housing crisis. We...
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News & Actions
NEWS & ACTIONS R3 groups and allies have been active over the last few weeks on a number of campaigns. Here are a few announcements: if you'd like to see your announcements and press listed here...
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Roll Back the Rents!
RGB PRELIMINARY VOTE MAY 5On Thursday, April 24th, Mayor Bill De Blasio named Rachel Godsil as the new chair of the NYC Rent Guidelines Board. This happened just in time to have a full board meeting on...
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Let's freeze (or roll back) rents this year!
The Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) can vote to roll back or freeze rents for struggling tenants after years of increasing profits for landlords. Tenants demanded meetings in every borough - and we got...
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Read Tim Collins' testimony and come to an RGB hearing!
Tim Collins, former Executive Director of the Rent Guidelines Board, testified that we need a rent rollback.*You should testify too! Click here for how, when and where. *From Met Council on Housing's...
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Make 2014 the Year of the Rent Freeze
With a mayor who campaigned for a rent freeze, and with fair-minded appointees now on the RGB, we can make 2014 the year of the Rent Freeze!There has never been a rent freeze before. For decades, the...
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