Ellen Davidson retweeted
We need a #CityForAll. Today, I am proud to call for a housing action plan centering our most vulnerable. Zoning reform must be paired with bold investments. Alongside @NYCSpeakerAdams, my colleagues, and advocates, we are putting forth solutions that leave the status quo behind.
Ellen Davidson retweeted
Today, the NYC Council announced ‘City for All,’ a holistic housing plan for all New Yorkers.
Here’s what we’re most excited about:
✅ More tenant protection vouchers to keep people in their homes
✅ Funding for AHTP to ensure that tenants are in housing without bad conditions
✅ Funding to make repairs for NYCHA tenants
✅ Funding to repair empty NYCHA apartments and move in new tenants
These plans will help our city thrive by stabilizing our communities. We look forward to working with the Council to deliver justice to our clients and low-income New Yorkers in all boroughs.
Learn more about the City Council's proposed housing solutions here: council.nyc.gov/press/2024/1…
Ellen Davidson retweeted
We’ve got 3 potential NYC mayors out here standing w tenants at @Save63Tiffany — love to see it. You can’t hope to run this city without the tenants who make it run 😎
Ellen Davidson retweeted
Housing justice is a women's rights issue -- women headed households & women of color are more likely to be renters & face eviction. During our #PowHerTheVote panel this week, Cea Weaver of @Housing4AllNY spoke about bringing renters & women to the polls for #HousingJustice.
Ellen Davidson retweeted
NEW: NYC landlord lobby groups are merging. And they have one goal: raising our rent.
Despite its innocent name, the New York Apartment Association's true agenda is protecting real estate profits at the expense of working families.
Ellen Davidson retweeted
Carolina Tejeda was getting rental assistance from a NYS program after serious car crash injuries kept her out of work
But then ~$1,200/mo disability made her too “rich” to qualify for the rent aid
Now she faces eviction from a $1,254/mo Bronx apartment gothamist.com/news/bronx-mom…
Ellen Davidson retweeted
I think the U.S is the only nation in the world that zones 80% or more of its cities single family residential where not even a cafe is allowed.
Ellen Davidson retweeted
Fact: The words “affordable housing” have been mentioned more in four days at the #DNC than in the four years that Donald Trump was president.
We’re not going back! 👊
#DNC2024CHICAGO
Ellen Davidson retweeted
Good cause changes lives, tenant organizing transforms people. Feeling powerful versus your bully landlords for the first time, it’s good!
hellgatenyc.com/good-cause-e…
Ellen Davidson retweeted
Tenants statewide won't be stopped!!
Beacon Good Cause Eviction passed unanimously! Tenants that rent from a landlord who owns more than 1 unit and pay less than 345% of Fair Market Rent are now protected. Thank you to @housing4allNY, @ForTheMany, @CVHaction, BCAN, and our members for organizing to make this happen!
ALT Five housing organizers are taking a group photo outside Beacon City Hall.
Ellen Davidson retweeted
Landlords are registering tens of thousands of additional rent-stabilized apartments with New York’s housing agency than in recent years after the state imposed tougher penalties for failing to comply
@alykatzz @THECITYNY
thecity.nyc/2024/08/16/rent-…
Ellen Davidson retweeted
Deeply unfortunate. But the Mayor can't supersede what we do in Albany even if he tries often.
This is why we must fund the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP) next year.
NEW: A state judge sided with @NYCMayor and blocked laws expanding access to city-funded rental assistance vouchers passed by the Council last year
Judge said the Council doesn't have the authority to expand eligibility to people at risk of homelessness
gothamist.com/news/nyc-judge…
Ellen Davidson retweeted
Criminalizing homelessness won’t solve the crisis.
Keeping rents low + housing our homeless neighbors will.
This SCOTUS decision is cruel. But our fight for homes for all continues.
Ellen Davidson retweeted
Albany has set the standard, passing the strongest #GoodCause in NYS and closing @GovKathyHochul's loopholes.
This is just the beginning: tenants are organizing across the state to bring #GoodCause to their cities. We won't stop until everyone has a safe, stable home.
WOW! Albany Common Council just opted into Good Cause Eviction protections, the FIRST in New York!! TYSM to those that moved for this in the NYS Legislature (@housing4allNY @UTAlbany + many others). For ALBANY, small landlord = ONE (1) unit, giving max protections to tenants.
Ellen Davidson retweeted
WOW! Albany Common Council just opted into Good Cause Eviction protections, the FIRST in New York!! TYSM to those that moved for this in the NYS Legislature (@housing4allNY @UTAlbany + many others). For ALBANY, small landlord = ONE (1) unit, giving max protections to tenants.
Ellen Davidson retweeted
Today is the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA)!
Good excuse as any to dig into Tim Collins' intro to the Rent Guidelines Board and Rent Stabilization System: rentguidelinesboard.cityofne…
Here's a nugget:
Ellen Davidson retweeted
“If I hadn’t come across this TikTok video, I would have just settled for the 18% increase because there’s nothing cheaper out there. Or I would have just moved altogether"
20+ tenants shared their post-Good Cause experiences with me for @WNYC-@Gothamist gothamist.com/news/is-that-r…
A $500/month rent increase, a $1,300 increase, a $2,000 hike, a notice that the landlord isn't renewing your lease this month
Is that stuff allowed?
Tenants reached out to share their experiences with NY's new Good Cause law. Here's what they're facing:
gothamist.com/news/is-that-r…
Ellen Davidson retweeted
News you can use @CityLimitsNews!
Now that we have the reasonableness threshold for NYC rent increases under Good Cause (8.82%) we've made a nifty calculator tool.
There are a lot of ifs and buts here. That said, we hope this helps you get situated:
citylimits.org/2024/05/09/tr…
Ellen Davidson retweeted
“This increase will have devastating consequences for low-income tenants, many of whom are already rent-burdened or severely rent burdened,”
- Robert Desir, a staff attorney, LAS.
gothamist.com/news/nycs-rent…
Ellen Davidson retweeted
Last Wednesday, we hosted a public meeting with 200 tenants to demand that our councilmemembers:
- Support a rent rollback resolution
- Fund public housing
- Co-sponsor COPA
- Fund tenant support programs
@nyccouncil @nycmayor: The time for action is NOW!
#NYCTenantsUnite
