Housing Notebook

• Information for tenants, including the proposed Rent Guidelines Board rent increases, & good - cause eviction

MAYOR ADAMS #GSD - 6% RENT HIKE FOR TENANTS

Mayor Adams prides himself on his swagger and getting stuff done. He is delivering for his landlord and real estate friends with proposed rent increases of up to 6% for rent stabilized tenants. Scott Sommer hosted a discussion with Samuel Stein of the Community Service Society and Andrea Shapiro from Met Council on its impact and the fight to stop him. Plus an Albany update.

Housing Notebook is a production of the Metropolitan Council on Housing, New York's oldest tenant union.

• Samuel Stein, Housing Policy Analyst, Community Service Society; Andrea Shapiro, Director of Programs & Advocacy at Met Council on Housing -

• Met Council hotline: 212-979-0611, M & W 1:30-8 PM, Tu 5:30-8 PM, F 1:30-5 PM; www.metcouncilonhousing.org, thetenant.org; info@metcouncilonhousing.org; Facebook & Instagram: search for Met Council on Housing; email: housingnotebook@wbai.org – no housing problems please! Twitter: @met_council, @scottmsommer, @wbai.org; wbai.org – live stream, find archive, join radio station there or call 212-209-2950 – become a WBAI buddy in the name of Housing Notebook!

• Proposed rent guidelines: 2-4% for one-year leases, 4-6% for 2-year leases, for rent-stabilized apartments & lofts. Public hearings: Monday 6/13 5-9 pm, Jamaica Performing Arts Center Auditorium, 153-10 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, Queens; Wednesday, 6/15, 4-9 pm, Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, Hostos Community College/CUNY, 450 Grand Concourse, Bronx. For info about RGB meetings & how to attend them, click here. Final vote (in-person): Tuesday 6.21, 7:30pm, The Great Hall at Cooper Union, 7 East 7th St (basement), Manhattan

• To pressure the mayor to arrange for public hearings in Manhattan & Brooklyn, call 311..

• Community Service Society: cssny.org

• Tenant Lobby Day: Tuesday, May 17 in Albany; for more info go to: bit.ly/hj4amay17 or email andrea@metcouncilonhousing.org

• Heat & hot water: 10/1 – 5/31: From 6 am to 10 pm: If the outside temperature falls below 55 degrees, the inside temperature must be at least 68 degrees everywhere in your apartment. From 10 pm to 6 am in NYC: the inside temperature must be at least 62 degrees everywhere in your apartment regardless of the outside temperature. Hot water at a minimum 120 degrees at the tap must be provided 24 hours a day, year round. Call 311 to report lack of heat &/or hot water; outside NYC call dept. of health or buildings. Call hotline (212-979-0611) for help with organizing, get a heat sheet at metcouncilonhousing.org (bit.ly/heathotwater).

• Rent guidelines for leases beginning between 10/1/21 & 9/30/22: in NYC for apartments & lofts: for a 1-year lease, 0% in the first 6 months & 1.5% in the following 6 months; for a 2-year lease, 2.5%. No increase for SROs, rooming houses, & hotels. Rockland County: 0.5% for a 1-year lease, 0.75% for a 2-year lease. Westchester County: 0.5% for a 1-year lease, 1% for a 2-year lease. Nassau County: 1% for a 1-year lease, 2% for a 2-year lease.