Historic buildings at the intersection of Mercer Street and West 4th Street in New York City.
Affordable Housing The insider's guide to NYC rent-stabilized apartments: Where to find them and how the program works
By Celia Young   |   August 14, 2025 - 12:30PM
Apartment buildings on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village
Affordable Housing Cuomo’s attack on Mamdani’s $2,300 apartment brings rent stabilization into the spotlight
By Jennifer White Karp   |   August 13, 2025 - 12:00PM
A rendering of the 251-unit building in Wakefield, the Bronx.
Affordable Housing Housing lottery launches for 212 rent-stabilized units in Wakefield
By Celia Young   |   August 7, 2025 - 10:30AM
​Samantha Bravo and CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities rally at a Rent Guidelines Board hearing
Affordable Housing I’ve testified at Rent Guidelines Board hearings since I was 11. Here’s why I won’t stop fighting for tenants’ rights
By Celia Young   |   July 22, 2025 - 12:30PM
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Women-only boarding houses: The low-rent NYC housing option you've never heard about
September 26, 2025 - 9:30AM
A small number of women-only boarding houses remain in NYC with rents as low as $210 a month. [ Read More... ]
by Celia Young
 
A photo of Anasthasia in her Brooklyn apartment.
Affordable Housing Winning a small NYC lottery apartment will help me land an even larger place for me and my daughter
By Celia Young   |   May 29, 2025 - 1:30PM
Tenant protest outside Rent Guidelines Board preliminary vote
Affordable Housing Rent Guidelines Board intends to raise stabilized rents for a fourth time
By Celia Young   |   May 1, 2025 - 12:00PM
A rendering of the two buildings in Inwood, Manhattan
Affordable Housing Housing lottery launches for 281 rent-stabilized apartments in Inwood
By Celia Young   |   April 11, 2025 - 9:30AM
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A photo of Centro Maria's brick building in the Bronx.
The Search
Women-only boarding houses: The low-rent NYC housing option you've never heard about
September 26, 2025 - 9:30AM
A small number of women-only boarding houses remain in NYC with rents as low as $210 a month. [ Read More... ]
by Celia Young
 
Historic brick facades of NYC apartment buildings
Affordable Housing Getting overcharged by a landlord? Here’s how the Tenant Protection Unit helps rent-stabilized tenants
By Celia Young   |   April 3, 2025 - 10:30AM
Apartment buildings in Soho
Affordable Housing New Rent Guidelines Board report justifies a rent freeze, tenant advocates claim
By Jennifer White Karp   |   March 28, 2025 - 4:30PM
An image of an apartment building in West Village Manhattan New York
Affordable Housing Could a proposed bill to help New York tenants buy their building finally become law?
By Celia Young   |   March 28, 2025 - 9:30AM
A rendering of the 12-story building on East Houston Street.
Affordable Housing Housing lottery opens for 40 rent-stabilized apartments in the East Village
By Celia Young   |   March 27, 2025 - 12:30PM
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