New York State elected officials are resisting rolling back rent stabilization in exchange for a weakened Good Cause eviction policy. Concerns are raised about protecting all tenants and preventing landlords from lobbying against tenant rights. The debate includes the need for statewide Good Cause protections without major exemptions and opposition to dilapidation of housing stock for private profit. The focus is on ensuring stable, sustainable housing to address homelessness and housing insecurity in NYC amid low vacancy rates and a housing crisis.
NYC “City of Yes” housing plan draft released, addresses affordability https://t.co/m1NMrhyHwX
We’ve spent five years fighting for #GoodCause—not “Almost as Good” Cause, or “Just Okay" Cause, or “Just 'Cause I Want Tenants to Stop Protesting” Cause. We need Good Cause eviction protections in the State budget, without compromising on central principles of housing justice. https://t.co/kizZVlk3jv
We continue to contend with an affordability crisis and low vacancy rates that keep families at risk of eviction and displacement. It’s time to pass good cause eviction to protect working NYers and families. https://t.co/FajYIhCaqx
.@NYCProgressives say no to weakening rent stabilization and watering down #GoodCause legislation! Let's heed the urgent call of our city's tenants and pass a robust Good Cause Eviction bill—because housing stability is a right, not a privilege. https://t.co/CWkvwZvy8t
Good Cause protections ensure that rent-paying New Yorkers won't be evicted because their landlord thinks someone else can pay more. Albany must pass a housing deal that includes #GoodCause, housing vouchers for homeless New Yorkers, and investments in community-based housing. https://t.co/KwsnFJ2ihA
With a vacancy rate below 1%, the lowest-cost apartments are virtually nonexistent in NYC. That’s why I focused on deeper affordability in my State of the City. The new text for ZHO better reflects the need for deeply affordable housing, and we look forward to fully reviewing it. https://t.co/nQO8wJrp4m
Today I’m re-introducing a Resolution calling on the NYS to pass Good Cause Eviction with 20 Council Members signed on prior to introduction. Good Cause would grant basic protections against arbitrary evictions to ~784,000 NYC renter households. 📍City Hall Park ⏱️11:45am
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As Albany debates carve-outs from #GoodCause, I’m thinking about long-time tenant families evicted by Greenbrook Partners — many of whom were paying market rents — so cruelly that even CHIP was embarrassed. They needed & deserved #GoodCause protections. https://t.co/TJhscig0Fe
How empty office buildings could help NYC solve its housing crisis https://t.co/L7BDc2g8By https://t.co/9NXu0os5dD
.@SethBarronNYC: "The decommodification of housing in New York will necessarily involve the dilapidation of the housing stock. Housing must be made unprofitable for private owners and lenders, who will then stop investing in upkeep and maintenance." https://t.co/8qlNDXxamU
All tenants deserve protections, but landlords are using YOUR rent money to lobby against YOUR rights! NYers need: 🏠Statewide Good Cause w/o massive carve outs ❌NO rollbacks to rent stabilization! Tell your state rep to fight for statewide #GoodCause at https://t.co/YK5myHTpkH https://t.co/eEYP5GLUzL
OPINION | NYC must say 'Yes to Housing' The real solution to homelessness and housing insecurity is stable, sustainable housing, Shams Dabaron (Da Homeless Hero) writes. @NYCMayorsOffice #YesToHousing #CityOfYes! @OpenNYForAll https://t.co/N8K9xqu0dG
Toronto's downtown is in serious trouble as office vacancies spiral out of control https://t.co/J804xqNJxf
NEW: 38 NYS electeds say NO to rolling back rent stabilization in exchange for a gutted #GoodCause: @SenGianaris: "The people of this great state deserve no less than our full efforts to protect all tenants, not pit one group of renters against another.” https://t.co/0P65Q2RTaI