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News Archive for "Housing"

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LAS: City Fails to Place Homeless Families With Minor Children

The City must meet its legal and moral obligation to ensure that every family who comes through PATH intake, including asylum seekers, are provided with an appropriate shelter placement.

LAS Decries Mayor’s Claim Asylum Seekers Are Adding to Homelessness Crisis

Legal Aid is calling on the Mayor to focus on real solutions like long-term affordable housing and end his punitive policy of militarized encampment sweeps.

LAS Sues to Force Repairs in Bronx Building with Nearly 500 Violations

Tenants are suffering from gas and hot water outages, lead paint violations, persistent leaks, and mold and vermin infestations.

LAS: Court Ruling Underscores Need for Statewide “Good Cause” Eviction Protections

A New York State Court has struck down the City of Albany’s “Good Cause” eviction law, eliminating critical protections for tenants.

LAS Decries Rent Hikes for Vulnerable New Yorkers

Despite high prices and economic uncertainty, the Rent Guidelines Board voted to increase rents for residents of stabilized apartments, lofts, and hotels.

LAS Secures Repeal of Discriminatory Housing Law in Newark

As the result of a lawsuit filed by The Legal Aid Society, individuals using New York's City SOTA grant program will no longer be blocked from obtaining housing in Newark.

City Reverses Course on Dangerous Plan for Homeless New Yorkers

Following outrage by The Legal Aid Society, the City said it would delay and reconsider the implementation of burdensome criteria for obtaining protective shelter placements in less dense settings.

LAS Lauds Governor for Signing Public Housing Preservation Trust Into Law

The new legislation provides NYCHA with additional funding opportunities to address a massive backlog of capital repairs and other operational needs.

LAS Condemns City’s Plan to Transfer Elder New Yorkers to Homeless Shelters

Despite the fact that those 65 and up face a significantly higher risk of death from COVID-19, the City is threatening to move some older and other vulnerable individuals from single rooms to communal settings.

Poll: New Yorkers Support “Good Cause” Eviction Protections

Newly released data shows overwhelming support for the basic eviction protections from every corner of New York State.