Owner could receive up to $100,000 to renovate apartments that had been continuously occupied for 15 or more years

State has proposed some forms of aid

Legal challenges to succession rights are rare since the 2019 rent reforms

A new law simplifies how a tenant’s eligibility to inherit an apartment is determined

The court already rejected a similar appeal from a group of property owners in October of last year

Supreme Court won’t hear arguments from landlords that NYC’s rent stabilization law is unconstitutional

Meanwhile, other building expenses for fuel, labor, insurance, property taxes have risen,

Study shows “small-portfolio” owners (basically mom-and-pops with 10 or less units) getting slammed

Low-income renters most affected by the shortage

Vacant NYC apartments dropped to its lowest point in more than five decades last year

Registered units dropped from just under 945,000 during the 2022 state fiscal year to 898,789

New fines would most likely hit property owners with smaller portfolios who handle their own bookkeeping and filing

Measure liberally defines fraud, limits rents for combined apartments

bill signed that expands the definition of fraud in rent overcharge cases

The court of public opinion needs to consider these facts

The decisions are political, not economic

Want to end apartment warehousing? Ease up on rent-control laws

New Yorks rent control laws are cratering the city’s housing supply

Practice is now raising concerns among state and federal insurance regulators

Property owners, the rejections can set off a scramble for coverage

5% of rent-stabilized apartments were registered as empty last year

“warehousing” low-cost units, according to a new review of state data

Rent-stabilized buildings struggling against the financial straits of New York’s 2019 rent law.

Loan servicers filed foreclosure suits Friday against four buildings owned by

Brokers say distressed sales of rent-stabilized buildings have ramped up

More signs emerge that law aimed at bad actors has put entire asset class at risk

13,362 apartments had been empty for two consecutive year

The groups both represent rent-stabilized landlords in New York

Landlord groups have similar members, vastly different styles

Additional inspections and lead removal mandated, over owners’ objections

Rent-stabilized buildings constructed before 1960

two-year leases by 2.75% in the first year of the lease, then by 3.2% of that adjusted rent for the second year of the lease

3% increase on one-year lease

The Assembly passed the anti-Frankensteining legislation late Tuesday

Once apartments are combined, landlords can set whatever rent they want

The measure seeks to make it easier for tenants to show past rent overcharges amounted to fraud

CHIP says housing chairs tried to sneak measure through

Legislature introduced a bill that would let owners hike rents after renovating vacant units, allowing for the repairs required to bring those much-needed apartments back online.

CHIP’s Jay Martin calls withdrawals “not really that big of a deal”

5% rent increase for one-year leases on stabilized apartments and a 4% - 7% hike for two-year leases

Middle-ground proposal immediately panned by both landlord, tenant advocates

Nearly four years ago, landlord groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging New York’s newly minted rent law, expecting to fail at every level

Owners’ last, best shot to end rent stabilization in New York

Would mark the largest rent hikes since 1989

Rent Guidelines Board report proposes up to 8.5% bump as landlords’ costs balloon

The city is launching a $10 million pilot program to help landlords repair vacant

Landlord groups say $25K-per-unit pilot program falls short

“If this bill comes to pass, a lot of small housing providers will have to sell”

Imposing rent controls on the city’s 1.4 million market-rate apartments for the first time

Bill would cap rent increases on market-rate units at 3% or 1.5% of the consumer price index, whichever is higher

Would impose rent controls on market-rate buildings in the five boroughs

Rent stabilization covers about 900,000 apartments in New York City and additional rentals in its suburbs

Plaintiffs plan to petition the Supreme Court next

Law’s reform in 2019 eliminated the 20 percent rent hike allowed when stabilized units became unoccupied

CHIP poll shows where landlords are cutting corners

Making it more difficult for landlords to cycle affordable apartments

Essential knowledge

Stabilized tenants have limits on what they can charge guests

A new NYC law requires hosts to register their short-term rentals