blog.johnkrauss.com
Whither Rent Regulation — Accursed Ware
http://blog.johnkrauss.com/where-is-decontrol
Blog of john krauss, hacker, mapper, etc. github.com/talos. The rent stabilization law that keep apartments affordable for millions of New Yorkers was just renewed, warts and all. But if you ask the agency in charge of rent stabilization. Which buildings are losing stabilized apartments, they won’t tell you. In fact, they reject any Freedom of Information Law requests for data regarding the number of apartments in the stabilization program by building, citing unclear privacy concerns. Remarkably, the num...
aff-hous.blogspot.com
Save Affordable Housing: July 2015
http://aff-hous.blogspot.com/2015_07_01_archive.html
Keep Housing Affordable in NYC. 2015 State Legislative Priorities. Friday, July 24, 2015. McKee's Media - 7/22/2015. Daily News: City Council bill would penalize commercial landlords who harass tenants. City Limits: Bumpy start for City’s tenant harassment outreach program. Daily News OpEd: . De Blasio perpetuating racial segregation in Broadway Triangle development. Posted by Sue Susman. Friday, July 24, 2015. McKee's Media - 7/20/2015. Protestors demand de Blasio build 15K homes for homeless. The Vil...
news.buzzbuzzhome.com
Hacktivism: Mapping rent-controlled apartments in New York City
http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2015/07/mapping-rent-controlled-apartments-new-york-city.html
Hacktivism: Mapping rent-controlled apartments in New York City. Jul 22, 2015. Rent-controlled apartments are often thought of as the “white whale” of New York City real estate. People rarely leave their rent-controlled homes and landlords use loopholes to obscure them from the public, making it increasingly difficult to snag one. Krauss describes New York State Homes and Community Renewal, the agency in charge of rent stabilization, as veiled in secrecy. He discovered a new way to find the data: propert...
realrentreform.org
July 2015 ~ realrentreform.org
http://www.realrentreform.org/2015_07_01_archive.html
2015 RENT LAW RENEWAL. TELL ALBANY WE NEED FAIR ELECTIONS. JOIN THE REAL RENT REFORM CAMPAIGN. GET INVOLVED - SAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. OUR FIGHT FOR TENANT PROTECTIONS. JOIN THE FIGHT FOR STRONGER RENT LAWS. Wednesday, July 15, 2015. NYC was shortchanged under 421-A - NY Post. City was shortchanged on affordable housing: report. July 14, 2015 10:38pm. Sunday, July 5, 2015. Key change in 2015 Albany law can slow deregulation. Tucked into Albany's renewal of the rent laws. Was more than $2,700. Please ...
realrentreform.org
Losses to Rent Regulation from 2007 to 2014 ~ realrentreform.org
http://www.realrentreform.org/2015/07/whither-rent-regulation-excerpted-from.html
2015 RENT LAW RENEWAL. Thursday, July 2, 2015. Losses to Rent Regulation from 2007 to 2014. Excerpted from a blog by John Krauss. Jul 1st, 2015. Buildings that are 100% stabilized look the same on [DHCR's] list as buildings with just one apartment left in the program. If a landlord doesn’t like charging the legal rent, they can simply “forget” to register. It’s up to the tenant to take them to court to comply. HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. Click here for the latest posts! Real Rent Reform Campaign. Photo: Tarik...
