ProPublica Live: How to Fight Back if Your Rent is Illegally High

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LIVE How to Fight Back if Your Rent is Illegally High

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LIVE Rent Stabilized Apartments

__________________________________________Limits on rent increasesRight to renew leaseEviction protectionTimely repairsRequired base services and more

LIVE Reasons for Rent Stabilization

__________________________________________Old buildings (pre-1974)All buildings getting these tax breaks421-aJ-51421-g

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Why Have Rent Stabilization?

Housing Crisis

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LIVE Loopholes

__________________________________________High rent ($2,700)Preferential rentsRenovations

LIVE Dying Breed

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LIVE What Rent Freeze?

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LIVE Tax breaks

__________________________________________Apartments must be rent stabilized for duration of the tax benefit

Tenants have to be notified of rights

Rent limits must be capped

https://propublica.forms.fm/new-york-rents/

LIVE Questions?

@Cezary @mrochabrun#ProPubLive

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LIVE Judge Avery

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