Tag: rent

‘The rents just keep going up’: Pols, tenants rally for rent freeze in Sunset Park

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Apr. 7, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann In the midst of New York City’s worst housing crisis in half a century, a coalition of tenant organizations, local residents , and elected officials gathered in Sunset Park on April 6, demanding a rent freeze for the next four years.  City Council Member Alexa Avilés, Assembly Member…

Affordable housing lottery opens in East New York with studios starting at $544

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Jan. 22, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith A housing lottery has launched for a truly affordable under-construction seven-story development on the corner of East New York’s Shepherd and Glenmore avenues. Studio apartments start at $544 a month and one-bedrooms at $689. The lottery for the development at 365 Shepherd Avenue includes 40 units, all rent…

First lottery opens for affordable artist studios in Gowanus

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Jan. 7, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A lottery for six affordable artist studios in Gowanus— the first of more than 100 such studios slated to come to the neighborhood in the next few years — is now open.  The studios, built as part of a Community Benefits Agreement signed ahead of the Gowanus rezoning,…

RentHop releases new tool showing renters if they are overpaying

Apr. 4, 2023 By Julia Moro RentHop announced its new tool, RentHop RentCompare, which allows New York City renters to find out if they are overpaying or underpaying for rent. Average rental prices have been widely discussed among experts recently. RentHop’s new tool is meant to give more context to the topic and give renters…
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