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April, 2012
Tenants Rally at Bronx Housing Court for ‘Bill of Rights’ Law
New York State Redistricting: Why It Matters for Housing
Survey Finds Median Rent Up $150 Since 2008
Annual Assembly Elects Met Council Board of Directors, Discusses Redistricting and Tenants Bill of Rights
Bayonne Rejects Rent-Control Petition; Activists Will Try Again
Council Renews Rent Stabilization
Harlem Tenants Protest ID-Cardkey Scheme
Lawsuit Challenges NYPD Patrols of Private Apartment Buildings
Supreme Court to Decide on Hearing Rent-Control Challenge
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Met Council on Housing helped craft Intro 477, the Tenants' Bill of Rights Law, legislation currently before the City Council, which would help stop the abuse of thousands of tenants who are taken advantage of because they're unaware of their basic rights.
The law would a summary of tenants' basic rights to be posted in the lobby of every privately-owned residential building with at least three apartments, and given to tenants along with their leases. Learn more...
The Metropolitan Council on Housing has been at the forefront of the most important struggles for housing justice in New York City for over half a century. Learn about our struggles for safe, decent, affordable housing...