(Washington Post) — Disputes between landlords and tenants are not uncommon in big cities with thousands of apartment and townhouse dwellers. But D.C. officials, landlords, tenants and housing experts agree: The battle between the owners and managers of the Dorchester House, an aging brick apartment building in Adams Morgan, and some of its nearly 400 […]
(NYT) — Rents for New York City’s one million rent-stabilized apartments will rise less than in the past several years under increases set Thursday evening at a typically raucous public meeting. The city’s nine-person Rent Guidelines Board approved rent increases of 2.25 percent for one-year leases and 4.5 percent for two-year leases. The increases apply to […]
(NYT) — Gov. David A. Paterson proposed changes to housing laws on Wednesday that would make it harder for landlords to lift apartments out of rent regulation but would also override a landmark pro-tenant court ruling so that it could not apply in future cases. Under existing rules, landlords of rent-stabilized apartments can begin charging market […]
(NYT) — The board that regulates rents at the city’s one million rent-stabilized apartments recommended a range of increases on Wednesday evening over the boos and hisses of a small yet spirited crowd of tenants, many of whom argued for rent freezes, citing high unemployment and hardship. The Rent Guidelines Board approved increases of 2 […]