Housing Notebook

Mon, Jul 7, 2025 20:00 PM

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Hosts: Scott Sommer and Vajra Kilgour & Saba Amare

Topics:

Topics of general interest to tenants, especially the rent freeze campaign and tenant organizing in political campaigns -

Synopsis:

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Following the New York City Rent Guidelines Board's outrageous new rent increases under the aegis of Eric Adams, where do we go from here? Vajra Kilgour and Saba Amare will host a discussion with Divya Sundaram of the New York State Tenant Bloc about the statewide tenants movement's accomplishments, and next steps; with listener call-ins.

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

Guests:

Divya Sundaram, New York State Tenant Bloc -

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Info / Links:

Met Council hotline: 212-979-0611, M & W 1:30-8 PM, F 1:30-5 PM; metcouncilonhousing.org, thetenant.org; info@metcouncilonhousing.org; Facebook & Instagram: search for Met Council on Housing; email: housingnotebook@wbai.org – no housing problems please! X: @met_council, @wbai.org @scottmsommer (also on threads & bluesky); wbai.org – live stream, find archive, join radio station there or go to buddy.wbai.org to become a WBAI buddy – be sure to scroll down to choose Housing Notebook as the show you want to support! Or call 833-922-4692. Mail a check made out to WBAI-Pacifica to WBAI Radio, 388 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn NY 11217.
No walk-in clinics during the summer.
To find a cooling center near you, go to finder.nyc.gov/coolingcenters/
For more information about Housing Justice for All and statewide campaigns, click here. For the New York State Tenant Bloc, click here.
New rent guidelines - for leases starting after 10/1/25 in New York City: for apartments and lofts, 3 percent for a 1-year lease, 4 1/2 percent for a 2-year lease; class A & B hotels, lodging houses, rooming houses, & SROs: 0 percent - for more detailed info, click here.
Rent guidelines for leases starting before 10/1/25: New York City, 2.75% for a 1-year lease and 5.25% for a 2-year lease; Nassau County 1.5% for 1 year, 2.5% for 2 years; Rockland County 2% 1 year, 3% 2 years; Westchester County 2.5 for 1 year, 3.5 for 2 years; City of Kingston 0 and 0! City of Poughkeepsie TBD. If you're in a rent-stabilized apartment in Kingston or Poughkeepsie, contact For the Many for more information.

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