News — Affordable Housing
Testimony: A Housing Response to COVID-19
A sudden shock to an overburdened system: NYC housing & COVID-19
COVID-19 has intensified the city’s ongoing housing crisis, pushing hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers further into housing insecurity.
How will the candidates’ housing plans affect New York City?
Throughout the 2020 Democratic presidential primary campaign, candidates have paid an unprecedented amount of attention to housing. We have analyzed the proposals of ten candidates to determine how they would impact New York City.
Testimony: Hearing to Examine Issues Related to Homelessness, Housing Insecurity, and Affordable Housing, and Identify Potential Legislative Remedies
Testimony to the New York State Senate in support of Home Stability Support and the Housing Access Voucher Program.
Press Release: Statement: One Thing the Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Agree On: Dramatic Expansions of Rent Assistance. But is Anyone Paying Attention?
Right to Counsel and Stronger Rent Laws Helped Reduce Evictions in 2019
Thanks to New York City's pathbreaking Right to Counsel law, by 2022, all low-income tenants facing an eviction in housing court will have a right to an attorney. Early results of the program's implementation are positive, showing a marked rise in legal representation in RTC zip codes and a promising decline in evictions.
Testimony: Expand Right to Counsel to Moderate-Income New Yorkers
Rezoning rich and poor neighborhoods are two different things
How Social Is That Housing?
In the second part of our series, we explore how existing housing models in New York City meet the social housing goals of long-term affordability, social equality, and resident control.
Social Housing in the U.S.
As New York State housing advocates call for a long-term commitment to 600,000 units of "social housing" statewide, we break down social housing’s main elements and explore the policies that can support its growth.
Testimony: Executive Budget for Housing
Testimony: NYS Senate Hearing on Housing and Building Codes
Testimony: Strengthening Rent Control in Jersey City
Testimony to the Jersey City council sharing lessons learned from New York's passage of the Home Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 and insight on strengthening rent regulations.
NYCHA’S Dilemma: Moving Ahead by Working With Communities?
New York Rent Laws: Know Your Rights
Four big takeaways from New York’s legislative season
Testimony: Why New York Needs Universal Rent Control
Testimony: Proposed Changes to Rent Stabilization
Testimony to the New York State Assembly highlighting the importance of Good Cause Eviction protections to provide much-needed relief to large numbers of currently unregulated tenants both in New York City and in the rest of the state.
Testimony: NYC Rent Guidelines Board Hearing
Testimony on the impact of rent increases for New York City's 365,000 low-income households living in rent regulated apartments.