In NYC, the fight for rent stabilization continues

In NYC, the fight for rent stabilization continues

Pamela Hicken and Rosalee Frater do not want to move. Their families are the last remaining tenants at 285 Eastern Parkway, where they pay $570 and $830 per month, respectively, for their rent-stabilized Brooklyn apartments, more than 75% below the area’s market rate. They are also the last hope for the 100-year-old building to remain standing.  The owner, Renaissance Realty Group, wants to demolish the Crown Heights building and the already vac…

The plenary session announced that it would be tense in the Brussels Parliament this afternoon with the vote on the order on unfair rents. Left to right, we will decide whether to step up the fight against unfair rents. The object of discord is the rent grid. A grid revised and corrected three years ago by researchers from the ULB. It represents the median rents per district of the Region based on a sample of 14,500 rents. It is also possible to…