In the years since Columbia’s West Harlem expansion was approved, West Harlem has seen extensive and intensive changes to its demographic makeup, notably significant changes in race and ethnicity, and income. Alongside these demographic changes, rents and sales prices have risen, rent stabilized housing has been lost, and evictions have been ongoing.
The Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses (or FARE) Act is remarkably simple and reasonable legislation that requires the party who hires a broker to pay the broker's fee.
Survey reveals 65 percent of middle-class Americans are “struggling financially,” exposes need for national measure that accurately captures cost of living in 21st century America.
CSS is over 175 years old and has been at the forefront of advocacy for better housing conditions since the beginning, from the city’s first tenement laws in the 1800s to contemporary organizing for strong tenants’ rights. Click to see our budget recommendations.
Unfortunately, the affordability of the city’s rent stabilized stock has been under attack for the past 30 years, with lenders playing a central role in enabling landlords’ irresponsibly speculative behavior.
There's a deep mismatch between what we define as “affordable housing” and what many New Yorkers can actually afford.
The Rent Guidelines Board's actions will impact millions of New Yorkers, many of whom are already struggling to remain in their homes.