Housing Rights Initiative
Housing Rights Initiative is a nonprofit housing watchdog group.| HRI
NYTIMES: Blackstone is paying some NYC renters more than $100000 each to resolve claims that they had been overcharged for their apartments.| HRI
The owners of three buildings in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens are accused in the suits of falsely registering initial rents with the...| HRI
The 23 New York landlords and apartment brokers were among 88 accused of routinely turning away Section 8 applicants| HRI
A comprehensive investigation by Housing Rights Initiative has uncovered rampant source of income discrimination in Westchester County. A...| HRI
Matthew Haag March 15, 2021 The caller was a woman looking to move with her boyfriend into a studio apartment on the Upper East Side of...| HRI
Michael Sutherland, Research & Policy Associate at Housing Rights Initiative April 15, 2021 Even after a lengthy legal battle to protect...| HRI
Laura Kusisto April 18, 2017 1:20 p.m. ET A group of about 60 apartment tenants is suing one of New York City’s largest landlords,...| HRI
By Mara Gay Oct. 18, 2016 6:32 p.m. ET A real-estate firm that received a $100 million tax break from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s...| HRI
By Sally Goldenberg 10/19/2016 05:27 PM EDT Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said a class-action lawsuit filed this week against a...| HRI
EXCLUSIVE: Harlem tenants accuse landlord of illegally hiking up rent in over 20 buildings in class action lawsuit By Kerry Burke and...| HRI
Harlem landlord Big City Realty cheated rent-stabilized tenants, lawsuit claims Investigation by pro-tenant group says firm handed out...| HRI
HUDSON HEIGHTS — A group of tenants living in a building on West 180th Street are accusing their landlord of a “fraudulent scheme to...| HRI
How NYC Landlords Kill Affordable Housing by Simply Making Repairs FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016 AT 1:13 P.M. BY NEIL DEMAUSE Tenants of 596 East...| HRI
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Title: #HackHousing Proves That Not All Tech Bros Suck JULY 18, 2016 BY NICOLE DISSER After making my way through a gilded, marble-floor...| HRI
Rental Site Helps You Steer Clear of Bad Landlord Using Letter Grades By Amy Zimmer MANHATTAN — It’s rare — and cumbersome — for a...| HRI
Welcome to our blog spot. This is where you can follow us on our journey through the realm of predatory real estate. Our stories won’t only shed light on some of the worst aspects of our system, they will shed light on some of the best aspects of our community. We recognize that “community” is too complex and significant to limit our discussion to housing – even though “housing” is in our name. Doing so would fail to capture an incredibly important cultural component of community ...| HRI
Noah GoldbergDecember 5th, 2021A Bronx landlord accused of cheating tenants out of years of discounted rent must cough up $1 million to vindicated residents, the Daily News has learned.Tenants of 3045 Godwin Terrace in Kingsbridge said their landlord, Godwin Realty Associates, dodged a city law requiring 100% of its apartments be rent regulated in exchange for tax breaks. The tenants, who filed a Bronx Supreme Court lawsuit in 2018, say they were overcharged since at least 2007.The hefty $1 mill| HRI
