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‘Rent Freeze’ Is The Elephant In The Room as Rent Guidelines Board Kicks Off
The “rent freeze” rhetoric that dominated the housing debate during last year’s mayoral race was absent from Thursday’s subdued first meeting of the Rent Guidelines Board, as members considered preliminary data they’ll use to decide whether to raise the rent when their public engagement process concludes in June.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called on the board, which sets allowable rent increases for the city’s roughly 1 million rent stabilized units each year, to freeze the rent for four years, citing the housing affordability crisis.
A report from the RGB showed that landlord net income was up in recent years, what tenant groups say supports the call for a freeze as many renters struggle to afford their homes. But property owner groups say that the numbers were buoyed by profits in new buildings that have both rent-regulated units and luxury apartments, and that a rent freeze will exacerbate financial distress for some owners.
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While Affordable Housing Tenants Pay Extra for Amenities, Some Market Rate Renters Get Them For Free
While high prices lock some New York City affordable housing tenants out of their luxury building’s amenities—like game rooms, gyms, co-working spaces, and lounges—some of their market-rate neighbors are getting the perks for free.
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New Yorkers’ Energy Bills Soared During Recent Cold Snap
New York’s coldest winter in years exacerbated a trend of steadily increasing utility rates. The average National Grid winter gas bill for NYC residential customers rose by 25 percent from last winter to this winter, according to the company’s filings.
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Unable to Reach Deal Before Court Deadline, Mamdani Appeals in Rental Voucher Expansion Case
The Mamdani administration is appealing a court decision compelling the city to expand the CityFHEPS rental assistance program—a suit he said he’d drop—after negotiations with advocates and City Council leaders failed to produce a compromise in time.
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Opinion: When Paperwork Keeps Families in Shelter
“In New York City, frontline staff see stalled housing packages regularly. Families wait while apartments remain available. Landlords lose trust in voucher programs.”
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Qué incluyen las propuestas presupuestarias del estado de Nueva York para combatir el hambre, y qué quedó por fuera
Los defensores de la lucha contra el hambre están presionando para que el estado dé una respuesta más contundente que cubra las carencias creadas por los recortes en la financiación federal y los nuevos requisitos laborales para el SNAP.
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