New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces the team who will lead his administration’s affordable housing strategy. Jessica Katz as the city’s chief housing officer. Adolfo Carrión Jr. as the commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Mayor Eric Adams called for an immediate infusion of funds for New York’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program from the United States Treasury Department.
Housing is considered affordable if it costs about one-third or less of what the people living there earn, also known as Area Median Income (AMI). The 2021 AMI for the New York City region is $107,400 for a three-person family (100% AMI).
The SCRIE and DRIE ombudspersons summarize the legislative and administrative changes impacting the Rent Freeze Program from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020. In addition, the report provides data regarding the volume and nature of the ombudspersons’ work during the past fiscal year.
De Blasio's administration gave updates to new Yorkers who ay preferential rents for their rent stabilized apartments who can benefit from the rent freeze program.
Letter Report on the NYC Comptroller's Audit of the Department of Finance and its administration of the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) program.
IBO has analyzed data for apartments registered with preferential rents from 2010 through 2017 to quantify their prevalence and their relationship to tenant stability.
The de Blasio administration announced they would be partnering with Council Member Helen Rosenthal to hold a free Rent Freeze enrollment event for New Yorkers in the Upper West Side.
Pilot program launched to provide funding for community-based organizations to jointly coordinate anti-displacement initiatives – such as code enforcement, tenant organizing and education, legal representation, affirmative litigation, and other strategies – in these neighborhoods.