After five years of fighting for the strongest version of “good cause eviction” in America, New York socialists emerged with the weakest. In their opinion, at least. The build-up to good cause, its ...
Over the last few years, the state has passed new laws allowing upstate New York municipalities to adopt tenant-friendly housing policies – including rent stabilization and “good cause” eviction ...
New York's freshly minted state budget will extend new eviction protections to renters across the state, but figuring out who is actually covered by the rules could get tricky. For years, progressive ...
The concept of good cause eviction is not new. In fact, New Jersey adopted a form of good cause eviction in 1974 with the passage of the Anti-Eviction Act (N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1). The New Jersey ...
The Ithaca Common Council voted 8 to 2 on Wednesday to opt into Good Cause Eviction Protections after a drawn out five-hour common council meeting, becoming the fourth city to adopt the tenant ...
“The enforcement mechanism has truly always been the courts,” said Good Cause sponsor State Sen. Julia Salazar, as anticipation mounts for litigation that will hash out the reach of the new tenant ...
State legislators have approved a slew of new rules that will give some New York City tenants more rights to stay in their apartments, and limit how much landlords can raise the rent in eligible ...
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This story was originally published by Shelterforce, an independent, non-academic publication covering affordable housing, community development and housing justice. Advocates for good cause eviction ...
SCHENECTADY — Schenectady has created a new housing task force to study the city’s eviction rate and housing market, with the city council also voting down a proposal Monday for the city to opt in to ...