The Rent Stabilization Association- RSA

The City Council has its priorities all mixed up when it comes to the City’s property owners & tenants. Resuscitating this dangerous proposal to end criminal background checks is just another example of that

Op-Ed | The City Council’s misplaced priorities are putting tenants, co-op and condo residents, and building owners at risk – Bronx Times Lawmakers didn’t get the message last year when tenants and building owners rejected the New York City Council’s proposed bill that would have prevented

RSA is proud to have backed TENNY since day one. The property tax system in New York City has been broken for decades. We look forward to oral arguments at the Court of Appeals

At long last, strike down this tax system Five years ago, Tax Equity Now New York (TENNY), a coalition of homeowners, renters, rental property owners and civil rights and social justice organizations, filed a lawsuit challenging New York City’s property tax system because it unfairly burdens low-income and minority neighborhoods.

“After all, how are landlords supposed to make ends meet when their costs are rising faster than rent revenue.. And this comes after the de Blasio years when rents were actually frozen or limited by minimal rent hikes…”

With rent hikes capped far below inflation, Mayor Adams is right: The system’s broken The caps — which apply to NYC’s 1M rent-stabilized apartments — are so out of line with real-world market conditions that they’re liable to do significant harm to tenants and landlords.

RSA gets it. The RGB gets it. Why don’t lawmakers get it? Because it’s common sense. It’s actually good policy that will solve problems. We just haven’t seen it because it won’t help with their political rhetoric

The rent-hike system is failing miserably — but there’s an easy way for Albany to fix it The devastating housing laws passed in 2019 created a system in which rent-stabilized property owners rely more heavily on the RGB’s rent adjustments to offset increases.

Letting J-51 expire with no urgency to renew or replace it is a classic example of lawmakers prioritizing the wrong housing policy

Care about renters? Save this tax break The politicians who claim they are fighting for tenants’ rights and the protection of affordable housing are the same ones who are failing renters most in need when it comes to actual legislative action. Case in point: the impending expiration of the J-51 program, bringing an end to one of the few...